Table 1. Morphological characteristics of the Chinese population of Rubrioxytricha guamensis. Data based on protargol-stained specimens. Measurements in µm.
Character Min Max Mean M SD CV n
Abbreviations:CV,coefficient of variation in %; DK, dorsal kinety; Max,maximum; Mean, arithmetic mean; Min, minimum; n, number of cells measured; SD, standard deviation.
Body length 61 186 109.0 105 30.75 28.2 48
Body width 20 63 32.4 31 9.94 30.7 48
Adoral zone of membranelles, length 20 58 36.3 35 7.60 21.0 48
Adoral membranelles, number 23 35 28.7 29 2.8 9.9 48
Buccal cirrus, number 1 1 1 1 0 0 48
Frontal cirri, number 3 3 3 3 0 0 48
Frontoventral cirri, number 4 4 4 4 0 0 48
Postoral ventral cirri, number 3 3 3 3 0 0 48
Pretransverse ventral cirri, number 2 2 2 2 0 0 48
Transverse cirri, number 5 5 5 5 0 0 48
Caudal cirrus, number 1 1 1 1 0 0 48
Left marginal cirri, number 16 35 27.0 28 3.87 14.4 48
Right marginal cirri, number 17 34 25 25 4.17 16.7 48
Dorsal kineties, number 4 4 4 4 0 0 48
Dikinetids in DK1, number 8 20 13.6 14 2.65 19.5 48
Dikinetids in DK2, number 8 24 14.0 15 3.20 22.9 48
Dikinetids in DK3, number 8 21 12.9 13 2.98 23.1 48
Dikinetids in DK4, number 7 20 12.8 13 3.22 25.2 48
Macronuclear nodules, number 2 2 2 2 0 0 48
Macronuclear nodule, length 9 29 16.1 15 4.98 31.0 48
Macronuclear nodule, width 4 9 6.4 6 1.44 22.7 48