TABLE 3. Individual measurements of Trichromadora spheribulba sp. nov. (in µm except for ratios). Abbreviations: a, ratio of body length to maximum body diameter; b, ratio of body length to pharynx length; c, ratio of body length to tail length; c’, ratio of tail length to cloacal or anus body diameter; V%, position of vulva from anterior end expressed as a percentage of total body length; -, no data.
| Characters |
Holotype |
Paratypes |
Paratypes |
|
male |
males (n = 2) |
females (n = 3) |
| Total body length |
1106 |
1299±50 (1263–1334) |
1210±112 (1081–1281) |
| Maximum body diameter |
30 |
34±0.7 (33–34) |
31±3 (28–34) |
| Body diameter at cephalic setae |
16 |
18±0 (18–18) |
16±2 (15–18) |
| Length of cephalic setae |
13 |
12±0 (12–12) |
13±1 (13–13) |
| Length of subcephalic setae |
11 |
10±1 (10–11) |
11±1 (11–11) |
| Buccal cavity depth |
9 |
8±1 (8–9) |
9±1 (8–9) |
| Diameter of amphidial fovea |
6 |
7±1 (6–7) |
6±1 (5–7) |
| Amphidial fovea from anterior |
3 |
3±1 (2–3) |
3±1 (2–3) |
| Body diameter at amphidial fovea |
15 |
16±0 (16–16) |
14±1 (13–14) |
| Nerve ring from anterior end |
73 |
79±1 (78–80) |
77±5 (72–81) |
| Body diameter at nerve ring |
23 |
27±3 (25–29) |
24±1 (23–25) |
| Pharynx length |
129 |
144±3 (142–146) |
146±2 (145–148) |
| Pharynx bulb length |
28 |
27±1 (27–28) |
26±2 (24–28) |
| Body diameter at the base of pharynx |
24 |
31±1 (30–31) |
26±1 (25–27) |
| Cloacal/anal body diameter |
25 |
27±1 (26–27) |
19±1 (18–20) |
| Spicules length along arc |
36 |
37±3 (35–39) |
- |
| Gubernaculum apophyses length |
24 |
26±1 (25–26) |
- |
| Vulva from anterior end |
- |
- |
450±43 (422–500) |
| Body diameter at vulva |
- |
- |
31±4 (28–35) |
| V% |
- |
- |
54.9±1.0 (53.9–55.8) |
| Precloacal supplements |
7 |
7±0 (7–7) |
- |
| Tail length |
144 |
164±13 (155–173) |
156±16 (138–169) |
| a |
71.6 |
65.3±6.8 (60.5–70.1) |
52.1±4.0 (48.8–56.5) |
| b |
8.2 |
7.8±0.3 (7.6–8.0) |
8.1±0.7 (7.4–8.7) |
| c |
9.7 |
9.0±0.5 (8.6–9.3) |
8.7±0.4 (8.4–9.2) |
| c’ |
7.4 |
7.6±0.4 (7.3–7.9) |
7.9±0.4 (7.6–8.3) |