Detailed Record for Platorchestia platensis

Common Name: Sand flea

Taxonomy: Phylum Arthropoda / Sub Phylum Crustacea / Class Malacostraca / Order Amphipoda / Family Talitridae / Genus Platorchestia

C-value (pg): 1.82

Method: Feulgen Image Analysis Densitometry

Cell Type: Gills

Standard Species: Gallus domesticus = 1.25pg, Oncorhynchus mykiss = 2.60pg

References:
Jeffery, N. W., and T. R. Gregory (2014). Genome size estimates for crustaceans using Feulgen image analysis densitometry of ethanol-preserved tissues. Cytometry Part A 85: 862-868.

Other records available for this species:

Platorchestia platensis = 1.84 (pg)
Platorchestia platensis = 1.86 (pg)

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