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TABLE 7 in Atlas of the Echiniscidae (Heterotardigrada) of the World-part I: West Palaearctic Echiniscus species

  • 1. Department of Invertebrate Evolution, Faculty of Biology, Jagiellonian University, Gronostajowa 9, 30 - 387 Kraków, Poland. & Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen, Øster Voldgade 5 - 7, DK- 1350; Universitetsparken 15, DK- 2100, Copenhagen, Denmark.
  • 2. Department of Invertebrate Evolution, Faculty of Biology, Jagiellonian University, Gronostajowa 9, 30 - 387 Kraków, Poland. & Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum Frankfurt, Senckenberganlage 25, 60325 Frankfurt am Main, Germany. katarzyna. voncina @ senckenberg. de https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 3210 - 0407 Correspondence: piotr. lukas. gasiorek @ gmail. com https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 2814 - 8117 & Department of Invertebrate Evolution, Faculty of Biology, Jagiellonian University, Gronostajowa 9, 30 - 387 Kraków, Poland.

Description

TABLE 7. Measurements [in µm] of selected morphological structures of sexually immature life stages of Echiniscus lapponicus mounted in Hoyer’s medium. Abbreviations: sp —the proportion between the length of a given structure and the length of the scapular plate.

CHARACTERJuvenile 1Juvenile 2Larva
µmspµmspµmsp
Body length157485136466121535
Scapular plate length32.429.222.6
Head appendage lengths
Cirrus internus7.422.86.026.5
Cephalic papilla5.517.04.615.84.319.0
Cirrus externus11.234.610.234.910.044.2
Clava5.015.44.314.73.615.9
Cirrus A37.9117.032.5111.321.796.0
Cirrus A /Body length ratio24%24%18%
Body appendage lengths
Cirrus B23.071.0??lacking
Cirrus C28.086.421.071.9lacking
Cirrus Ccd16.049.4??9.039.8
Cirrus Cd23.071.019.065.110.044.2
Cirrus D25.077.219.065.1lacking
Cirrus Dcd19.058.614.047.9lacking
Spine Dd4.012.34.013.71.04.4
Cirrus E30.092.625.085.614.061.9
Spine on leg I length2.06.21.86.21.98.4
Papilla on leg IV length2.88.62.99.92.812.4
Number of teeth on the collar5.06.05.0
Claw I heights
Branch9.128.18.127.76.930.5
Spur2.06.21.75.81.98.4
Spur/branch height ratio22%21%28%
Claw II heights
Branch8.626.57.626.06.528.8
Spur2.26.81.75.81.98.4
Spur/branch height ratio26%22%29%
Claw III heights
Branch9.128.17.425.36.428.3
Spur2.26.8??1.67.1
Spur/branch height ratio24%?25%
Claw IV heights
Branch10.733.08.328.47.533.2
Spur Spur/branch height ratio??? –2.1 25%7.2 –??? –

Notes

Published as part of Gąsiorek, Piotr & Vončina, Katarzyna, 2023, Atlas of the Echiniscidae (Heterotardigrada) of the World-part I: West Palaearctic Echiniscus species, pp. 30 in Zootaxa 5344 (1) on page 30, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5344.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/8346050

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