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Table 2 in Re-evaluation of the systematic position of the order Prostomatida (Protista: Ciliophora), with the establishment of two new genera and two new species
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- 1. College of Fisheries & Key Laboratory of Mariculture, Ministry of Education, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, China & Institute of Evolution and Marine Biodiversity, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, China
- 2. Zoology Department, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia
- 3. Department of Life Sciences, Natural History Museum, London, UK
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Table 2. Morphometric data on Qingdao population of Apsiktrata gracilis after protargol staining (measurements are in micrometres).
| Characteristic | Minimum | Maximum | Median | Mean | SD | CV | N |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Body length | 40 | 60 | 49 | 50.0 | 5.5 | 10.9 | 21 |
| Body width | 18 | 26 | 22 | 21.8 | 2.1 | 9.7 | 21 |
| Ratio of body length to body width | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2.3 | 0.3 | 12.2 | 21 |
| Macronucleus length | 9 | 13 | 11 | 10.9 | 1.4 | 12.8 | 21 |
| Macronucleus width | 8 | 11 | 10 | 9.5 | 1.1 | 11.0 | 21 |
| Ratio of macronucleus length to macronucleus width | 1.0 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 0.1 | 7.8 | 21 |
| Anterior body end to macronucleus, distance | 9 | 29 | 18 | 17.8 | 6.6 | 37.1 | 21 |
| Somatic kineties, number | 19 | 25 | 22 | 21.9 | 1.7 | 7.6 | 21 |
| Transverse rings, number | 7 | 9 | 8 | 8.1 | 0.6 | 7.9 | 13 |
| Oral basket length | 10 | 14 | 12 | 12.1 | 1.2 | 10.2 | 21 |
| Oral basket width | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3.4 | 0.3 | 8.1 | 21 |
| Ratio of oral basket length to oral basket width | 3 | 4 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 0.3 | 8.9 | 21 |
Abbreviations:CV, coefficient of variation (as a percentage); Mean,arithmetic mean; N, number of specimens examined.
Notes
Published as part of Jiang, Limin, Wang, Congcong, Liao, Lijian, Al-Farraj, Saleh A., Warren, Alan & Hu, Xiaozhong, 2024, Re-evaluation of the systematic position of the order Prostomatida (Protista: Ciliophora), with the establishment of two new genera and two new species, pp. 856 in Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 200 (4) on page 856, DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlad116, http://zenodo.org/record/11241025
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