| General information |
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Lepidochitona caprearum (Scacchi, 1836) |
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| Synonyms |
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| IUCN Red List status (2014) |
Not Reported |
| Habitat |
- |
| Systematics |
Eukaryota; Metazoa; Mollusca; Polyplacophora; Neoloricata; Chitonida; Acanthochitonina; Mopalioidea; Lepidochitonidae. |
| Geographical distribution |
- |
| Occurrence |
- |
| Importance |
Food |
| Karyological information |
| Geographical area of study |
Seiano (Naples, Italy ) and Gaeta (Latina, Italy) |
| Source of chromosomes |
Gonads |
| Number of specimens with sex |
12 (07 males; 05 females) |
| Diploid chromosome number |
24 |
| Karyotype formula |
8m+2st+14t |
| Fundamental arm number |
34 |
| Chromosome length |
2.7 ± 0.4 to 18.2 ± 0.5 |
| Sex chromosome |
Not detected |
| Chromosome staining/banding/FISH |
NOR-FISH, Ag-NOR and CMA3 banding showed NORs localised on pericentromeric regions of telocentric chromosome pair. |
| Reference |
Petraccioli A, Maio N, Odierna G (2012) Chromosomes of Lepidochitona caprearum (Scacchi, 1836) (Polyplacophora, Acanthochitonina, Tonicellidae) provide insights into Acanthochitonina karyological evolution.Comparative Cytogenetics 6(4): 397-407. |
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