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Table 6 in Water bear with barbels of a catfish: A new Asian Cornechiniscus (Heterotardigrada: Echiniscidae) illuminates evolution of the genus

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Table 6 Measurements [in μm] of selected morphological structures of adult females of Cornechiniscus holmeni mounted in Hoyer’ s medium. N – number of specimens/ structures measured, RANGE refers to the smallest and the largest structure among all measured specimens; SD – standard deviation; sp – the proportion between the length of a given structure and the length of the scapular plate.

CHARACTERNRANGEMEANSD
μmspμmspμmsp
Body length14469–676642–7766067104939
Scapular plate length1473.0–96.6–85.5–6.8–
Head appendages lengths
Cirrus internus1410.5–18.312.9–21.213.315.52.22.1
Cephalic papilla1410.3–12.111.5–14.511.013.00.51.0
Cirrus externus1425.0–41.834.2–46.634.240.04.53.4
Clava149.5–12.311.6–14.310.912.80.90.8
Cirrus A1432.1–50.442.3–54.341.848.94.63.9
Cirrus A /Body length ratio146%–8%–7%–0%–
Body appendages lengths
Cirrus C13303.0–458.0362.0–522.9402.0466.457.246.9
Cirrus D14271.0–484.0323.8–545.7366.8429.661.264.4
Spine D d1422.8–35.626.1–41.829.534.64.24.3
Spine ps1412.5–26.814.9–31.120.424.03.23.8
Spine E1431.0–65.741.1–75.450.358.710.911.1
Spine on leg I length148.6–12.510.1–13.510.011.71.21.0
Papilla on leg IV length137.5–10.88.6–12.89.511.21.01.2
Tooth on leg IV length1414.7–21.416.5–26.217.7–1.9–
Claw I heights
Branch1429.2–44.240.0–49.238.444.93.52.6
Claw II heights
Branch1428.9–43.339.1–50.837.944.33.73.3
Claw III heights
Branch1428.5–43.639.0–50.638.344.83.92.9
Claw IV heights
Branch1446.7–61.054.2–69.654.564.13.04.5

Notes

Published as part of Gąsiorek, Piotr, 2022, Water bear with barbels of a catfish: A new Asian Cornechiniscus (Heterotardigrada: Echiniscidae) illuminates evolution of the genus, pp. 62 in Zoologischer Anzeiger 300 on page 62, DOI: 10.1016/j.jcz.2022.06.007, http://zenodo.org/record/8164002

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