General information |
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Hippocampus hippocampus (Linnaeus, 1758) | ||
Common name | Short snouted seahorse | |
Synonyms |
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IUCN Red List status (2014) | Data Deficient (DD) |
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Habitat | Saltwater |
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Systematics |
Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; Actinopterygii; Neopterygii; Teleostei; Neoteleostei; Acanthomorphata; Syngnathiaria; Syngnathiformes; Syngnathoidei; Syngnathidae. |
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Geographical distribution | Israel; Egypt; Syria; Lebanon; Turkey; Russia; Algeria; Libya; Morocco; Nigeria; Cameroon; Ghana; Mauritania; Ivory Coast; Liberia; Senegal; Guinea; Sierra Leone; UK; Germany; France; Spain; Portugal; Italy; Greece; Bulgaria; Ukraine; Georgia; Netherlands; Albania; Bosnia and Herzegovina; Croatia; Cyprus; Gibraltar; Malta; Monaco; Montenegro; Slovenia; Benin; Equatorial Guinea; Gambia; Togo; Tunisia; Western Sahara |
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Occurrence | Native: Israel, Egypt, Syria, Lebanon, Turkey, Algeria, Libya, Morocco, Mauritania, Liberia, UK, Germany, France, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Greece, Ukraine, Netherlands, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Cyprus, Gibraltar, Malta, Monaco, Montenegro, Slovenia, Gambia, Tunisia Questionable: Russia, Nigeria, Cameroon, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Senegal, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Bulgaria, Georgia, Benin, Equatorial Guinea, Togo, Western Sahara |
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Importance | ||
Remarks | Genome size was 1·03±0·07 pg.. |
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Karyological information |
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Geographical area of study | Lagoon of Venice (Northern Adriatic Sea). | |
Source of chromosomes | Cell culture. |
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Number of specimens with sex | 10–20 male. |
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Diploid chromosome number | 48 |
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Karyotype formula | 10st+38a. |
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Fundamental arm number | 48 |
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Chromosome length | - |
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Sex chromosome | - |
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Chromosome staining/banding/FISH | Single Ag-NOR pair found on subterminal position of medium-sized chromosome pair. |
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Reference(s) |
Vitturi R, Libertini A, Campolmi M, Calderazzo F, Mazzola A (1998). Conventional karyotype, nucleolar organizer regions and genome size in five Mediterranean species of Syngnathidae (Pisces, Syngnathiformes). J Fish Biol., 52: 677–687. |
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