Echiniscidae in the Mascarenes: the wonders of Mauritius Author Kiosya, Yevgen https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6432-9089 School of Biology, V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University, Svobody Sq. 4, 61022 Kharkiv, Ukraine Author Voncina, Katarzyna Department of Invertebrate Evolution, Faculty of Biology, Jagiellonian University, Gronostajowa 9, 30 - 387 Krakow, Poland Author Gasiorek, Piotr https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2814-8117 Department of Invertebrate Evolution, Faculty of Biology, Jagiellonian University, Gronostajowa 9, 30 - 387 Krakow, Poland piotr.lukas.gasiorek@gmail.com text Evolutionary Systematics 2021 2021-04-09 5 1 93 120 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/evolsyst.5.59997 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/evolsyst.5.59997 2535-0730-1-93 22050C3440A54B7A9969222AE927D6AA 2B44BE75734D5AF8B3871CB1656D7A80

Table 8. Measurements [in µm] of selected morphological structures of larvae of Echiniscus tropicalis (population ID.939) 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).

Character	N	Range						Mean		SD
		µm			sp			µm	sp	µm	sp
Body length	3	110	-	124	559	-	574	119	567	8	7
Scapular plate length	3	19.4	-	22.0		-		21.0	-	1.4	-
Head appendages lengths
Cirrus internus	3	4.2	-	4.6	20.9	-	21.6	4.5	21.3	0.2	0.4
Cephalic papilla	3	3.7	-	4.1	18.5	-	19.1	3.9	18.7	0.2	0.3
Cirrus externus	2	6.0	-	6.4	29.6	-	30.9	6.2	30.3	0.3	0.9
Clava	3	2.6	-	3.1	13.4	-	14.4	2.9	13.9	0.3	0.5
Cirrus A	3	13.3	-	15.5	60.9	-	71.8	14.1	67.1	1.2	5.6
Cirrus A /Body length ratio	3	11%	-	13%		-		12%	-	1%	-
Body appendages lengths
Spine Cd	3	0.9	-	3.2	4.1	-	15.5	2.4	11.5	1.3	6.4
Spine Dd	3	3.2	-	6.0	16.5	-	27.8	4.8	22.8	1.5	5.8
Spine E	3	3.9	-	5.5	20.1	-	25.0	4.7	22.4	0.8	2.5
Spine on leg I length	3	1.2	-	1.6	6.2	-	7.4	1.5	7.0	0.2	0.7
Papilla on leg IV length	3	1.7	-	2.0	8.8	-	9.1	1.9	8.9	0.2	0.2
Number of teeth on the collar	3	6	-	7		-		6.7	-	0.6	-
Claw 1 heights
Branch	3	5.3	-	5.8	26.4	-	27.3	5.6	26.7	0.3	0.5
Spur	3	1.1	-	1.4	5.7	-	6.5	1.3	6.2	0.2	0.4
Spur/branch length ratio	3	21%	-	25%		-		23%	-	2%	-
Claw 2 heights
Branch	3	5.1	-	5.5	24.5	-	26.3	5.3	25.4	0.2	0.9
Spur	3	1.0	-	1.1	4.6	-	5.7	1.1	5.1	0.1	0.5
Spur/branch length ratio	3	18%	-	22%		-		20%	-	2%	-
Claw 3 heights
Branch	3	5.1	-	5.7	24.5	-	26.4	5.4	25.7	0.3	1.0
Spur	3	1.2	-	1.3	5.5	-	6.2	1.2	5.9	0.1	0.4
Spur/branch length ratio	3	22%	-	24%		-		23%	-	1%	-
Claw 4 heights
Branch	3	6.0	-	6.1	27.7	-	31.4	6.1	29.0	0.1	2.1
Spur	2	1.2	-	1.6	5.5	-	7.4	1.4	6.4	0.3	1.4
Spur/branch length ratio	2	20%	-	27%		-		23%	-	5%	-