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Table 4 in Integrative description of Paramacrobiotus bengalensis sp. nov. (Tardigrada: Eutardigrada: Macrobiotidae), a new limno-terrestrial tardigrade species from the state of West Bengal, India

  • 1. Zoological Survey of India, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata- 700053, India.
  • 2. Zoological Survey of India, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata- 700053, India. & Department of Zoology, University of Calcutta, Kolkata- 700019, India.

Description

Table 4. Measurements (in µm) of selected morphological structures of eggs of Paramacrobiotus bengalensis sp. nov. mounted in Hoyer’s medium. Abbreviations: N = number of eggs/structures measured; range refers to the smallest and the largest structure among all measured specimens; SD = standard deviation.

CharacterNRangeMeanSD
Egg bare diameter564.6 – 73.668.84.0
Egg full diameter587.3– 98.592.64.6
Process height1512.4– 14.713.30.8
Process base width159.1– 11.19.90.7
Process base/height ratio1570%– 78%75%2%
Cap Like structure width155.3– 7.26.10.6
Inter-process distance155.3– 6.76.10.4
Number of processes on the egg circumference512– 1413.20.8

Notes

Published as part of Basu, Subhrangshu, Babu, Rahul, Siddique, Alfisa & Purushothaman, Jasmine, 2023, Integrative description of Paramacrobiotus bengalensis sp. nov. (Tardigrada: Eutardigrada: Macrobiotidae), a new limno-terrestrial tardigrade species from the state of West Bengal, India, pp. 37 in European Journal of Taxonomy 890 (1) on page 37, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2023.890.2249, http://zenodo.org/record/8284346

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