Atlas of the Echiniscidae (Heterotardigrada) of the World-part I: West Palaearctic Echiniscus species
Author
Gąsiorek, Piotr
Department of Invertebrate Evolution, Faculty of Biology, Jagiellonian University, Gronostajowa 9, 30 - 387 Kraków, Poland. & Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen, Øster Voldgade 5 - 7, DK- 1350; Universitetsparken 15, DK- 2100, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Author
Vončina, Katarzyna
0000-0002-3210-0407
Department of Invertebrate Evolution, Faculty of Biology, Jagiellonian University, Gronostajowa 9, 30 - 387 Kraków, Poland. & Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum Frankfurt, Senckenberganlage 25, 60325 Frankfurt am Main, Germany. katarzyna. voncina @ senckenberg. de https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 3210 - 0407 Correspondence: piotr. lukas. gasiorek @ gmail. com https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 2814 - 8117 & Department of Invertebrate Evolution, Faculty of Biology, Jagiellonian University, Gronostajowa 9, 30 - 387 Kraków, Poland.
katarzyna.voncina@senckenberg.de
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Zootaxa
2023
2023-09-14
5344
1
1
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https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/download/zootaxa.5344.1.1/51852
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TABLE 8. Measurements [in µm] of selected morphological structures of adult females of Echiniscus spinulosus mounted in Hoyer’s medium. Abbreviations: sp —the proportion between the length of a given structure and the length of the scapular plate.| CHARACTER | N | | | RANGE | | | MEAN | SD | Neotype | N | | | RANGE | | | MEAN | SD |
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| | µm | sp | µm | sp | µm | sp | µm | sp | | µm | sp | µm | sp | µm | sp |
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| Body length | 16 | 236 | – | 314 | 418 | – | 524 | 286 | 481 | 18 | 26 | 306 | 472 | 7 | 191 | – | 231 | 444 | – | 511 | 211 | 472 | 15 | 21 |
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| Scapular plate length | 16 | 54.3 | – | 64.8 | | – | | 59.6 | – | 2.9 | – | 64.8 | – | 7 | 38.0 | – | 47.8 | | – | | 44.8 | – | 3.4 | – |
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| Head appendage lengths | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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| Cirrus internus | 14 | 12.3 | – | 17.2 | 20.7 | – | 28.2 | 15.0 | 25.0 | 1.5 | 2.2 | 15.4 | 23.8 | 7 | 8.7 | – | 13.1 | 22.9 | – | 28.4 | 11.6 | 25.9 | 1.5 | 2.2 |
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| Cephalic papilla | 16 | 8.6 | – | 10.5 | 14.5 | – | 17.8 | 9.4 | 15.8 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 9.7 | 15.0 | 7 | 6.5 | – | 8.8 | 15.6 | – | 18.4 | 7.5 | 16.8 | 0.8 | 0.9 |
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| Cirrus externus | 15 | 20.2 | – | 29.1 | 37.0 | – | 49.8 | 25.5 | 42.7 | 2.6 | 3.8 | 29.1 | 44.9 | 7 | 14.3 | – | 22.0 | 37.2 | – | 46.5 | 18.4 | 40.9 | 2.4 | 3.4 |
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| Clava | 11 | 6.7 | – | 9.1 | 10.3 | – | 15.2 | 7.7 | 13.0 | 0.6 | 1.3 | 6.7 | 10.3 | 5 | 5.2 | – | 6.3 | 10.9 | – | 13.7 | 5.7 | 13.0 | 0.5 | 1.2 |
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| Cirrus A | 11 | 117.1 | – | 166.6 | 207.3 | – | 270.9 | 146.1 | 243.5 | 15.5 | 17.2 | 165.0 | 254.6 | 5 | 73.8 | – | 128.0 | 194.2 | – | 277.1 | 102.5 | 228.4 | 20.7 | 33.3 |
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| Cirrus A /Body length ratio | 11 | 44% | – | 56% | | – | | 51% | – | 3% | – | 54% | – | 5 | 38% | – | 61% | | – | | 48% | – | 9% | – |
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| Body appendage lengths | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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| Spine C | 10 | 2.2 | – | 5.2 | 3.6 | – | 9.4 | 3.4 | 5.7 | 0.9 | 1.7 | ? | ? | 7 | 2.2 | – | 6.0 | 4.6 | – | 12.9 | 3.2 | 7.2 | 1.4 | 2.8 |
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| Spine Cd | 16 | 48.7 | – | 62.2 | 78.4 | – | 102.9 | 55.1 | 92.6 | 4.1 | 6.0 | 57.4 | 88.6 | 7 | 35.5 | – | 48.4 | 84.6 | – | 104.8 | 41.8 | 93.2 | 4.7 | 6.9 |
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| Spine D | 15 | 2.5 | – | 10.0 | 4.3 | – | 17.7 | 6.6 | 11.0 | 1.8 | 3.2 | 7.1 | 11.0 | 7 | 3.4 | – | 6.3 | 7.1 | – | 13.6 | 5.0 | 11.1 | 1.1 | 2.6 |
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| Spine Dd | 16 | 43.6 | – | 56.1 | 76.4 | – | 95.4 | 51.9 | 87.1 | 4.0 | 5.2 | 56.1 | 86.6 | 7 | 29.9 | – | 45.1 | 78.7 | – | 94.4 | 38.6 | 85.8 | 5.2 | 6.5 |
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| Spine E | 16 | 5.4 | – | 13.4 | 9.5 | – | 20.7 | 8.7 | 14.6 | 2.1 | 3.1 | 13.4 | 20.7 | 7 | 4.8 | – | 8.6 | 10.0 | – | 18.5 | 6.3 | 14.2 | 1.4 | 3.1 |
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| Spine on leg I length | 16 | 4.2 | – | 6.7 | 7.4 | – | 11.2 | 5.2 | 8.8 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 5.9 | 9.1 | 7 | 2.8 | – | 3.9 | 6.1 | – | 8.8 | 3.3 | 7.4 | 0.4 | 1.0 |
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| Papilla on leg IV length | 16 | 4.5 | – | 5.5 | 7.6 | – | 9.1 | 4.9 | 8.3 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 5.5 | 8.5 | 5 | 3.9 | – | 4.4 | 8.2 | – | 9.4 | 4.2 | 8.9 | 0.2 | 0.5 |
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| Number of teeth on the collar | 15 | 5 | – | 9 | | – | | 7.1 | – | 1.2 | – | 8 | – | 6 | 5 | – | 7 | | – | | 5.7 | – | 0.8 | – |
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| Claw I heights | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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| Branch | 13 | 19.1 | – | 22.4 | 33.0 | – | 37.2 | 21.0 | 35.1 | 0.9 | 1.5 | 21.4 | 33.0 | 6 | 14.0 | – | 16.7 | 33.4 | – | 36.8 | 15.7 | 34.8 | 0.9 | 1.3 |
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| Spur | 13 | 2.4 | – | 3.3 | 4.4 | – | 5.7 | 2.9 | 4.9 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 3.0 | 4.6 | 5 | 1.9 | – | 2.3 | 4.0 | – | 5.8 | 2.1 | 4.7 | 0.2 | 0.7 |
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| Spur/branch height ratio | 13 | 12% | – | 16% | | – | | 14% | – | 1% | – | 14% | – | 5 | 12% | – | 16% | | – | | 13% | – | 1% | – |
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| Claw II heights | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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| Branch | 15 | 16.2 | – | 21.5 | 28.4 | – | 37.2 | 19.8 | 33.2 | 1.4 | 2.2 | 20.8 | 32.1 | 5 | 12.3 | – | 16.5 | 32.4 | – | 34.9 | 15.0 | 33.7 | 1.7 | 1.1 |
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| Spur | 15 | 2.3 | – | 3.4 | 4.0 | – | 5.6 | 2.9 | 4.9 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 3.4 | 5.2 | 3 | 1.8 | – | 2.5 | 4.7 | – | 5.3 | 2.2 | 5.0 | 0.4 | 0.3 |
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| Spur/branch height ratio | 15 | 13% | – | 17% | | – | | 15% | – | 1% | – | 16% | – | 3 | 15% | – | 15% | | – | | 15% | – | 0% | – |
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| Claw III heights | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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| Branch | 15 | 15.6 | – | 22.6 | 27.3 | – | 37.4 | 20.3 | 34.0 | 1.7 | 2.4 | 20.8 | 32.1 | 6 | 12.9 | – | 16.0 | 31.0 | – | 34.3 | 14.5 | 32.6 | 1.1 | 1.4 |
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| Spur | 13 | 2.6 | – | 3.4 | 4.2 | – | 5.5 | 2.9 | 4.9 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 3.2 | 4.9 | 5 | 1.9 | – | 2.3 | 4.2 | – | 4.8 | 2.1 | 4.5 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
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| Spur/branch height ratio | 13 | 12% | – | 17% | | – | | 14% | – | 1% | – | 15% | – | 5 | 13% | – | 16% | | – | | 14% | – | 1% | – |
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| Claw IV heights | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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| Branch | 15 | 19.5 | – | 28.5 | 34.2 | – | 46.6 | 25.6 | 43.1 | 2.1 | 3.1 | 27.8 | 42.9 | 6 | 16.6 | – | 22.7 | 43.3 | – | 48.7 | 20.4 | 45.7 | 2.3 | 2.2 |
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| Spur | 12 | 3.0 | – | 4.5 | 5.5 | – | 7.2 | 4.0 | 6.6 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 3.9 | 6.0 | 6 | 2.3 | – | 3.3 | 6.1 | – | 6.9 | 2.9 | 6.5 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
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| Spur/branch height ratio | 12 | 12% | – | 17% | | – | | 15% | – | 1% | – | 14% | – | 6 | 13% | – | 16% | | – | | 14% | – | 1% | – |
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