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Animal Chromosome Counts

Metacyclops gracilis

Arthropoda › Hexanauplia › Cyclopoida › Cyclopidae
Listed in the source as Cyclops gracilis

3haploid

Diploid number in the source: 6

Closest relatives

No other species in Metacyclops. Species in the same family, Cyclopidae:

Acanthocyclops vernalis n 5, 6
Cyclops insignis n 11
Cyclops strenuus n 4, 8, 11, 12, 14, 10
Cyclops viridis n 6, 7, 8
Diacyclops bicuspidatus n 9
Ectocyclops affinis n 7
Eucyclops serrulatus n 7, 8
Macrocyclops albidus n 7

Sources

Makino, S. (1951). An atlas of the chromosome numbers in animals. Iowa State College Press, Ames.

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