Gastrotricha from the Poznań Palm House — one new subgenus and three new species of freshwater Chaetonotida (Gastrotricha)
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Kolicka, Małgorzata
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Kisielewski, Jacek
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Nesteruk, Teresa
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Zawierucha, Krzysztof
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Zootaxa
2013
3717
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231
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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.3717.2.7
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1175-5326
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TABLE 17. Morphometric parameters for Lepidodermella squamata (Dujardin, 1841); N—number of specimens or structures analysed, Range—the smallest and the largest structure found among all specimens measured, SD—standard deviation.| Width of pharynx narrowing that follows anterior 1 thickening (n) Width of pharynx at its middle length (m) 1 | 5.8 6.5 | – – |
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| Width of posterior pharynx thickening (p) 1 | 8.8 | – |
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| Length of cephalic cilia 1 | 9.5–28.4 | – |
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| Hypostomium length 2 | 7.0–7.2 | 0.14 |
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| Cephalion length 2 | 7.6–7.7 | 0.07 |
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| Cephalion width 2 | 13.9–14.3 | 0.28 |
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| Diameter of mouth ring 2 | 4.2–4.8 | 0.42 |
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| Furca length 2 | 29.6–30.0 | 0.28 |
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| Length of adhesive tube 2 | 16.7–17.3 | 0.42 |
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| Neck scale length 1 | 3.0–3.9 | – |
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| Neck scale width 1 | 4.5–5.9 | – |
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| Trunk scale length 1 | 5.8–8.7 | – |
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| Trunk scale width 1 | 6.2–8.3 | – |
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| Anterior sensory bristles length 1 | 14.7 | – |
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| Posterior sensory bristles length 2 | 14.6–15.0 | 0.28 |
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| Number of cephalic cilia in one tuft 2 | 5; 5 | 0.00 |
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| Number of separated cephalic tufts 2 | 4 | 0.00 |
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| Number of scales in single longitudinal row 2 | 29–31 | 1.41 |
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| Total number of longitudinal alternating rows of scales 2 | 15–17 | 1.41 |
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| Pharynx formula a 1 | 14.9 | – |
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| Pharynx formula n 1 | 11.9 | – |
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| Pharynx formula m 1 | 13.3 | – |
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| Pharynx formula p 1 | 18.0 | – |
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| Ratio of scale distribution 2 | 51.7–54.8 | 0.02 |
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