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Table 1 in Morphology of Two Eschaneustyla Species (Ciliophora, Urostylida), with Notes on Morphogenesis of Eschaneustyla lugeri

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Table 1. Morphometric data on Eschaneustyla terricola (te) and Eschaneustyla lugeri (lu), after protagol impregnation.

CharacteristicaSpeciesMinMaxMeanMSDSECV (%)n
Body, lengthte130.0222.0187.6195.028.38.515.111
lu164.0348.0261.8261.554.010.220.628
Body, widthte50.090.069.370.011.93.617.211
lu38.0141.091.495.029.15.531.928
Body length:width, ratiote1.93.32.72.80.40.113.211
lu2.05.53.02.80.80.126.128
Macronuclear nodules, numberte5910675.468.015.34.620.311
lu97149119.6119.013.63.311.417
Micronuclei, numberte153.13.01.20.438.610
lu3115.95.02.10.535.521
Anteriormost macronuclear nodule, lengthte5.516.09.59.53.31.034.111
lu5.021.011.010.04.61.141.719
Anteriormost macronuclear nodule, widthte2.57.04.55.01.40.432.211
lu3.010.05.35.02.00.436.719
Anteriormost micronucleus, lengthte3.05.03.84.00.60.214.711
lu3.010.06.16.52.00.533.319
Anteriormost micronucleus, widthte3.04.03.53.50.50.113.711
lu3.08.05.35.01.60.430.119
AE to first macronuclear nodule, distancete9.022.515.816.03.81.124.011
lu16.035.023.826.05.81.324.519
PE to rearmost macronuclear nodule, distancete8.027.517.218.06.21.936.011
lu14.060.030.727.012.63.141.217
Posteriormost macronuclear nodule, lengthte3.011.07.47.02.70.837.111
lu5.014.08.78.02.50.629.017
Posteriormost macronuclear nodule, widthte3.06.54.54.01.20.426.211
lu2.010.04.33.52.30.655.017
Adoral membranelles, numberte354741.541.03.41.08.311
lu477461.262.05.71.19.325
Frontal cirri, numberte333.03.00.00.00.011
lu254335.535.54.50.912.724
Buccal cirri, numberte111.01.00.00.00.011
lu343.33.00.50.114.325
AE to proximal end of AZM, distancelu38.099.077.378.015.73.120.325
AE to distal end of AZM, distancelu12.058.033.433.010.12.030.425
DE valuelu0.30.590.420.420.10.016.725
AE to paroral, distancelu23.050.038.340.06.31.316.422
Paroral, lengthlu21.043.033.433.05.31.115.822
AE to first buccal cirrus, distancelu30.064.049.051.07.51.615.321
AE to last buccal cirrus, distancelu36.075.059.262.08.71.914.721
Frontoterminal row, number of cirrite202825.125.53.00.911.910
lu306049.550.06.91.413.923
RMR, number of cirrite395745.645.55.21.611.410
lu417858.459.07.91.813.620
LMR, number of cirrite324539.039.05.01.612.810
lu466152.253.04.00.97.620
Midventral rows, numberte898.69.00.50.26.29
lu121.11.00.30.128.437
MV 1, number of cirrilu213730.731.04.20.913.723
MV 2, number of cirrilu53323.528.013.06.555.24
AE to MV 1, distancelu24.075.047.647.011.02.323.122
PE to end of MV 1, distancelu80.0177.0134.7131.027.46.020.321
AE to MV 2, distancelu60.0119.079.369.026.913.534.04
PE to end of MV 2, distancelu26.0189.0130.0152.572.336.155.64
AE to frontoterminal row, distancelu21.562.040.040.08.31.820.821
PE to end of frontoterminal row, distancete60.0102.078.071.516.85.321.610
lu41.0106.069.068.017.74.025.720
AE to LMR, distancelu42.096.072.074.012.02.516.723
AE to RMR, distancelu23.585.053.754.014.33.126.721
PE to LMR, distancelu5.021.011.710.54.71.239.816
PE to RMR, distancelu1.016.57.16.04.41.162.915
Midventral rows with 3 or 4 cirri, numberte354.34.00.70.216.39
Midventral rows with 5 or more cirri, numberte464.24.00.70.215.89
Rearmost cirral row, number of cirrite52420.60.06.02.029.09
PE to rear end of midventral complex, distancete30.056.046.451.010.13.421.79
Caudal cirri, numberte8149.89.52.20.922.76
lu7119.610.01.10.311.316
Dorsal kineties, numberte444.04.00.00.00.08
lu454.14.00.30.17.520

a All measurements in μm. CV – coefficient of variance in %; Min – minimum value observed; Max – maximum value observed; Mean – arithmetic mean; M – median; SD – standard deviation; SE – standard error; n – sample size; AE – anterior end of cell; PE – posterior end of cell; MV 1 – midventral row 1 (= rightmost midventral row in Foissner et al. 2002, Berger 2006 and Kim et al. 2015); MV 2, midventral row 2.

Notes

Published as part of Deng, Yufan, Lu, Xiaoteng, Li, Jingbao, Ba, Sang & Da Silva Paiva, Thiago, 2018, Morphology of Two Eschaneustyla Species (Ciliophora, Urostylida), with Notes on Morphogenesis of Eschaneustyla lugeri, pp. 74-75 in Acta Protozoologica 57 (2) on page 74, DOI: 10.4467/16890027AP.18.007.8981, http://zenodo.org/record/10994408

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