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Table 1 in An integrative redescription of Echiniscus quadrispinosus quadrispinosus Richters, 1902 (Heterotardigrada, Echiniscidae) from the terra typica in Taunus Mountain Range (Europe; Germany)

  • 1. Department of Animal Taxonomy and Ecology, Faculty of Biology, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Uniwersytetu Poznańskiego 6, 61 - 614 Poznań, Poland.
  • 2. The Institute of Plant Protection-National Research Institute, Węgorka 20, 60 - 318 Poznań, Poland.
  • 3. Department of Evolutionary Genetics and Biosystematics, Faculty of Biology, University of Gdansk, Wita Stwosza 59, 80 - 308 Gdansk, Poland. & Department of Marine Plankton Research, Institute of Oceanography, University of Gdansk, Marszałka Piłsudskiego 46, 81 - 378 Gdynia, Poland. & Department of Invertebrate Zoology and Hydrobiology, Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection, University of Lodz, Banacha 12 / 16, 90 - 237 Lodz, Poland.
  • 4. Department of Animal Taxonomy and Ecology, Faculty of Biology, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Uniwersytetu Poznańskiego 6, 61 - 614 Poznań, Poland. & Department of Bioenergetics, Faculty of Biology, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Uniwersytetu Poznańskiego 6, 61 - 614, Poznań, Poland.

Description

Table 1. Measurements (in µm) and sp values of selected morphological structures of adult females from the neotype population of Echiniscus q. quadrispinosus Richters, 1902 mounted in Hoyer’s medium. Abbreviations: N = number of specimens/structures measured; RANGE = refers to the smallest and the largest structure among all measured specimens; SD = standard deviation.

CharacterNRangeMeanSDNeotypeNRangeMeanSD
µmspµmspµmspµmspµmspµmspµmsp
Body length20204–280450–562241502252424550720190–236469 –5362195041215
Scapular plate length2040.0–60.2–48.0–5.3–48.3–2039.3–46.2–43.4–1.9–
Head appendage lengths0
Cirrus internus1918.5–26.842.2–55.222.346.82.14.521.444.42015.8–20.437.7 –45.018.241.91.52.4
Cephalic papilla206.4–10.313.9–23.38.718.11.22.19.619.9206.7–8.815.7 –20.67.617.40.61.5
Cirrus externus2023.2–32.051.2–64.626.956.03.14.129.661.21918.4–23.543.9 –51.920.847.81.52.7
Clava205.6–7.412.0–16.46.613.90.51.37.014.4204.4–6.810.1 –16.25.713.30.61.5
Cirrus A1946.3–56.987.6–121.452.4109.63.19.856.9117.82040.2–52.792.8 –120.646.6107.33.99.0
Cirrus A /Body length ratio1919%–25%–22%–2%–23%–2018%–24%–21%–2%–
Cirrus int/ext length ratio1971%–92%–84%–6%–72%–1981%–95%–88%–4%–
Body appendage lengths0
Cirrus B1835.8–77.970.3–160.657.1118.510.717.957.3118.71919.3–43.745.3 –97.933.677.56.515.5
Cirrus C2057.8–92.1125.5–181.970.5147.19.915.572.8150.62042.7–67.4117.4 –151.456.6130.44.59.3
Cirrus Cd2017.1–30.640.0–63.024.250.62.65.522.446.42016.9–26.639.5 –54.220.848.02.04.5
Cirrus D1545.4–73.093.9–137.555.7118.58.412.254.4112.71832.8–58.383.7 –110.742.998.95.09.3
Cirrus Dd1910.8–22.825.9–47.017.035.42.74.917.335.71813.5–20.530.3 –43.215.936.51.83.8
Cirrus E1846.7–114.4 109.4–190.077.1159.013.816.073.3151.81844.0–68.0118.9 –158.860.9139.75.012.6
Spine on leg I length193.4–5.46.2–11.14.38.90.61.24.38.9163.1–4.66.9 –10.53.88.60.51.1
Papilla on leg IV length183.7–5.27.7–10.74.59.40.51.03.77.7183.3–4.98.2 –10.74.09.20.40.8
Number of teeth on the collar197–10–8.1–1.0–8–187–10–8.4–1.0–
Notch length1912.2–18.128.1–34.615.432.41.71.715.632.31612.0–15.627.0 –36.013.530.81.12.4
Claw 1 lengths0
Claw1912.0–18.427.7–36.214.931.31.72.616.033.01911.5–14.026.2 –33.312.629.00.72.0
Spur151.9–4.44.2–9.12.96.10.71.74.49.1121.3–2.23.2 –4.81.84.20.30.5
Spur/claw length ratio1515%–28%–20%–5%–0–1211%–17%–15%–2%–
Claw 2 lengths0
Claw1710.2–16.924.5–32.013.828.81.92.214.229.41710.0–13.223.7 –29.812.027.50.61.6
Spur112.1–3.04.0–6.62.55.20.20.9??91.5–2.34.0 –5.42.04.50.20.4
Spur/claw length ratio1114%–25%–19%–4%–?–914%–20%–17%–2%–
Claw 3 lengths0
Claw2011.1–17.525.4–36.114.129.52.03.014.229.41711.0–13.425.1 –29.312.127.60.41.1
Spur151.8–3.13.6–6.22.45.00.30.7??91.7–2.13.9 –4.61.94.40.10.3
Spur/claw length ratio1514%–21%–17%–3%–?–913%–18%–16%–1%–
Claw 4 lengths0
Claw2013.3–19.330.8–38.416.434.21.62.216.434.01912.6–15.730.2 –36.414.332.90.81.8
Spur132.1–4.24.8–7.82.85.80.61.1??51.6–2.64.3 –5.82.25.00.30.6
Spur/claw length ratio1315%–24%–17%–4%–?–513%–18%–16%–2%–

Notes

Published as part of Kaczmarek, Łukasz, Kayastha, Pushpalata, Gawlak, Magdalena, Mioduchowska, Monika & Roszkowska, Milena, 2022, An integrative redescription of Echiniscus quadrispinosus quadrispinosus Richters, 1902 (Heterotardigrada, Echiniscidae) from the terra typica in Taunus Mountain Range (Europe; Germany), pp. 109-110 in European Journal of Taxonomy 823 (1) on page 109, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2022.823.1819, http://zenodo.org/record/6658659

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