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TABLE 8 in Atlas of the Echiniscidae (Heterotardigrada) of the World-part I: West Palaearctic Echiniscus species

  • 1. Department of Invertebrate Evolution, Faculty of Biology, Jagiellonian University, Gronostajowa 9, 30 - 387 Kraków, Poland. & Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen, Øster Voldgade 5 - 7, DK- 1350; Universitetsparken 15, DK- 2100, Copenhagen, Denmark.
  • 2. Department of Invertebrate Evolution, Faculty of Biology, Jagiellonian University, Gronostajowa 9, 30 - 387 Kraków, Poland. & Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum Frankfurt, Senckenberganlage 25, 60325 Frankfurt am Main, Germany. katarzyna. voncina @ senckenberg. de https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 3210 - 0407 Correspondence: piotr. lukas. gasiorek @ gmail. com https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 2814 - 8117 & Department of Invertebrate Evolution, Faculty of Biology, Jagiellonian University, Gronostajowa 9, 30 - 387 Kraków, Poland.

Description

TABLE 8. Measurements [in µm] of selected morphological structures of adult females of Echiniscus spinulosus mounted in Hoyer’s medium. Abbreviations: sp —the proportion between the length of a given structure and the length of the scapular plate.

CHARACTERNRANGEMEANSDNeotypeNRANGEMEANSD
µmspµmspµmspµmspµmspµmspµmsp
Body length16236314418524286481182630647271912314445112114721521
Scapular plate length1654.364.859.62.964.8738.047.844.83.4
Head appendage lengths
Cirrus internus1412.317.220.728.215.025.01.52.215.423.878.713.122.928.411.625.91.52.2
Cephalic papilla168.610.514.517.89.415.80.50.89.715.076.58.815.618.47.516.80.80.9
Cirrus externus1520.229.137.049.825.542.72.63.829.144.9714.322.037.246.518.440.92.43.4
Clava116.79.110.315.27.713.00.61.36.710.355.26.310.913.75.713.00.51.2
Cirrus A11117.1166.6207.3270.9146.1243.515.517.2165.0254.6573.8128.0194.2277.1102.5228.420.733.3
Cirrus A /Body length ratio1144%56%51%3%54%538%61%48%9%
Body appendage lengths
Spine C102.25.23.69.43.45.70.91.7??72.26.04.612.93.27.21.42.8
Spine Cd1648.762.278.4102.955.192.64.16.057.488.6735.548.484.6104.841.893.24.76.9
Spine D152.510.04.317.76.611.01.83.27.111.073.46.37.113.65.011.11.12.6
Spine Dd1643.656.176.495.451.987.14.05.256.186.6729.945.178.794.438.685.85.26.5
Spine E165.413.49.520.78.714.62.13.113.420.774.88.610.018.56.314.21.43.1
Spine on leg I length164.26.77.411.25.28.80.71.05.99.172.83.96.18.83.37.40.41.0
Papilla on leg IV length164.55.57.69.14.98.30.30.45.58.553.94.48.29.44.28.90.20.5
Number of teeth on the collar15597.11.286575.70.8
Claw I heights
Branch1319.122.433.037.221.035.10.91.521.433.0614.016.733.436.815.734.80.91.3
Spur132.43.34.45.72.94.90.30.53.04.651.92.34.05.82.14.70.20.7
Spur/branch height ratio1312%16%14%1%14%512%16%13%1%
Claw II heights
Branch1516.221.528.437.219.833.21.42.220.832.1512.316.532.434.915.033.71.71.1
Spur152.33.44.05.62.94.90.30.53.45.231.82.54.75.32.25.00.40.3
Spur/branch height ratio1513%17%15%1%16%315%15%15%0%
Claw III heights
Branch1515.622.627.337.420.334.01.72.420.832.1612.916.031.034.314.532.61.11.4
Spur132.63.44.25.52.94.90.30.43.24.951.92.34.24.82.14.50.20.2
Spur/branch height ratio1312%17%14%1%15%513%16%14%1%
Claw IV heights
Branch1519.528.534.246.625.643.12.13.127.842.9616.622.743.348.720.445.72.32.2
Spur123.04.55.57.24.06.60.40.53.96.062.33.36.16.92.96.50.30.3
Spur/branch height ratio1212%17%15%1%14%613%16%14%1%

Notes

Published as part of Gąsiorek, Piotr & Vončina, Katarzyna, 2023, Atlas of the Echiniscidae (Heterotardigrada) of the World-part I: West Palaearctic Echiniscus species, pp. 48-49 in Zootaxa 5344 (1) on page 48, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5344.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/8346050

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