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Table 1 Morphometric characteristics of Parasincirra sinica n. sp

From: Cell-division pattern and phylogenetic analyses of a new ciliate genus Parasincirra n. g. (Protista, Ciliophora, Hypotrichia), with a report of a new soil species, P. sinica n. sp. from northwest China

Charactera

HT

Min

Max

Mean

M

SD

CV

n

Body, length

105

81

152

119.7

115

18.3

15.3

25

Body, width

29

18

47

30.3

31

6.3

21.0

25

Body, length: width ratio

3.57

2.29

7.59

4.12

3.79

1.13

27.35

25

AZM, length

16

13

24

19.1

19

2.5

13.0

25

AZM, length: body length ratio

0.16

0.11

0.20

0.16

0.16

0.02

13.07

25

AZM, number

15

14

19

15.6

15

1.3

8.1

25

Paroral, length

15

8

16

12.4

12

2.4

19.3

15

Endoral, length

13

8

15

11.0

11

2.1

18.8

15

PBC, number

1

1

1

1.0

1

0

0

25

FVR, number

2

2

2

2.0

2

0

0

25

ACR, cirri number

4

4

4

4.0

4

0

0

25

Frontal cirri, number

3

3

3

3.0

3

0

0

25

Left marginal cirri, number

43

34

52

41.3

41

5.3

12.9

25

Right marginal cirri, number

39

34

53

41.2

39

5.2

12.6

25

Transverse cirri, number

3

2

4

3.1

3

0.5

16.0

25

Dorsal kineties, number

3

3

3

3.0

3

0

0

25

Dikinetids in DK1, number

10

10

17

12.5

12

2.3

18.7

15

Dikinetids in DK2, number

15

13

18

14.9

15

1.5

10.3

15

Dikinetids in DK3, number

16

11

18

14.5

14

2.2

15.0

15

Macronuclear nodules, number

4

2

6

4.1

4

0.7

16.2

25

Macronuclear nodule, average length

10

9

19

13.8

14

2.8

20.4

25

Macronuclear nodule, average width

5

4

10

6.0

6

1.2

20.4

25

Micronuclei, number

2

1

3

2.0

2

0.7

37.5

25

Micronuclear nodule, average length

4

2

4

2.9

3

0.4

14.5

25

Micronuclear nodule, average width

3

2

4

2.4

2

0.4

18.0

25

  1. ACR amphisiellid median cirral row, AZM adoral zone of membranelles, CV coefficient of variation in %, DK dorsal kineties, FVR frontoventral cirral row, HT holotype specimen, M median, Max maximum, Mean arithmetic mean, Min minimum, n sample size, PBC parabuccal cirri, SD standard deviation
  2. aAll data are based on protargol-stained specimens. Measurements in µm