| Value |
>=100
years
|
| Organism |
Sea urchin Strongylocentrotus franciscanus |
| Reference |
Sea Urchin Genome Sequencing Consortium and researchers, The genome of the sea urchin Strongylocentrotus purpuratus. Science. 2006 Nov 10 314(5801):941-52. Supporting online material p.4 2nd paragraph from topPubMed ID17095691
|
| Method |
Recent measurements of radionuclides formed during nuclear
tests of the 1950’s and taken up into the biomineral of the teeth, confirmed life spans of over 100
years for the congener (of S. purpuratus) Strongylocentrotus franciscanus. |
| Comments |
The life spans of some sea urchins are
thus similar to our own (T. A. Ebert, J. R. Southon, Fish Bull 101, 915 (2003)). |
| Entered by |
Uri M |
| ID |
105519 |