Tardigrades from Peru (South America), with descriptions of three new species of Parachela Author Kaczmarek, Łukasz Author Cytan, Joanna Author Zawierucha, Krzysztof Author Diduszko, Dawid Author Michalczyk, Łukasz text Zootaxa 2014 3790 2 357 379 journal article 45952 10.11646/zootaxa.3790.2.5 7895e366-3da3-46a2-9d68-58acb2cf3f89 1175-5326 231292 564A86FD-557A-43CA-B015-6BA767E281F9

TABLE 2. Measurements [in µm] and pt values of selected morphological structures of Macrobiotus pisacensis sp. nov. 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,?—trait oriented unsuitably for measurement).

CHARACTER	N	RANGE	MEAN	SD	Holotype
		µm pt	µm pt	µm pt	µm pt
Body length	14	411 – 639 976 – 1234	518 1097	66 82	536 1127
Buccal tube
Length	15	40.6 – 52.4 –	47.2 –	3.8 –	47.5 –
Stylet support insertion point	15	30.8 – 39.7 74.0 – 78.0	35.9 76.1	3.0 0.9	36.3 76.4
External width	15	4.8 – 6.5 11. 6 – 13.5	5.8 12.2	0.6 0.5	6.4 13.5
Internal width	15	2.8 – 4.2 6.9 – 8.8	3.6 7.6	0.4 0.5	4.2 8.8
Ventral lamina length	13	28.6 – 35.7 64.1 – 71.7	32.4 68.1	2.4 2.2	? ?
Placoid lengths
Macroplacoid 1	15	8.3 – 13.8 19.8 – 26.6	10.8 22.8	1.5 2.4	9.6 20.2
Macroplacoid 2	15	5.7 – 7.8 13.7 – 15.8	6.8 14.5	0.6 0.6	6.5 13.7
Microplacoid	14	2.1 – 3.2 4.5 – 6.2	2.6 5.6	0.2 0.5	2.5 5.3
Macroplacoid row	15	14.6 – 22.0 34.8 – 42.7	18.5 39.2	2.1 2.5	17.6 37.1
Placoid row	14	17.1 – 24.1 40.7 – 52.5	21.0 44.6	2.4 3.1	20.4 42.9
Claw 1 lengths
External primary branch	12	12.8 – 18.1 30.5 – 36.2	16.3 34.5	1.5 1.8	16.3 34.3
External secondary branch	11	11.5 – 15.6 24.2 – 33.1	13.9 29.1	1.4 2.6	11.5 24.2
Internal primary branch	15	12.8 – 17.1 30.5 – 33.3	15.2 32.2	1.3 0.9	15.1 31.8
Internal secondary branch	15	10.5 – 15.0 22.1 – 29.4	12.8 27.1	1.3 2.0	10.5 22.1
Claw 2 lengths
External primary branch	9	15.8 – 19.5 35.3 – 43.1	17.7 38.1	1.3 2.8	17.1 36.0
External secondary branch	8	11.7 – 17.0 24.6 – 37.1	14.8 31.4	1.8 3.6	15.2 32.0
Internal primary branch	12	12.9 – 17.9 31.8 – 35.2	15.7 33.4	1.6 1.2	15.2 32.0
Internal secondary branch	13	10.8 – 16.8 23.2 – 32.9	13.6 29.1	1.9 3.0	14.3 30.1
Claw 3 lengths
External primary branch	10	15.7 – 20.5 35.8 – 41.0	18.4 38.7	1.3 1.7	18.4 38.7
External secondary branch	8	11.8 – 17.5 27.0 – 33.8	14.7 30.8	2.0 2.4	15.8 33.3
Internal primary branch	12	14.0 – 20.8 33.9 – 40.2	16.8 35.3	1.8 1.8	17.1 36.0
Internal secondary branch	12	11.7 – 15.8 26.4 – 31.7	13.8 29.4	1.6 1.7	13.0 27.4
Claw 4 lengths
Anterior primary branch	12	15.6 – 22.2 37.5 – 44.4	19.2 41.1	1.9 2.3	18.9 39.8
Anterior secondary branch	14	12.9 – 17.4 28.1 – 36.4	15.5 33.2	1.5 2.0	15.5 32.6
Posterior primary branch	12	17.7 – 23.2 42.2 – 47.3	20.6 44.5	1.7 1.6	21.5 45.3
Posterior secondary branch	14	13.4 – 18.7 31.8 – 36.6	16.1 34.3	1.4 1.5	16.8 35.4