Tardigrades from Peru (South America), with descriptions of three new species of Parachela
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Kaczmarek, Łukasz
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Cytan, Joanna
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Zawierucha, Krzysztof
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Diduszko, Dawid
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Michalczyk, Łukasz
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Zootaxa
2014
3790
2
357
379
journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.3790.2.5
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1175-5326
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TABLE 4. Measurements [in µm] and pt values of selected morphological structures of Paramacrobiotus intii 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 |
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| | µm pt | µm pt | µm pt | µm pt |
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| Body length | 15 | 346 – 575 819 – 1144 | 481 989 | 62 89 | 456 983 |
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| Buccal tube | | | | | |
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| Length | 15 | 39.5 – 55.9 – | 48.6 – | 4.3 – | 46.4 – |
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| Stylet support insertion point | 15 | 30.9 – 44.5 77.5 – 81.4 | 38.6 79.4 | 3.6 1.0 | 37.3 80.4 |
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| External width | 15 | 5.5 – 9.1 13.9 – 16.9 | 7.6 15.5 | 0.9 0.9 | 7.2 15.5 |
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| Internal width | 15 | 3.7 – 6.6 9.4 – 12.2 | 5.4 11.0 | 0.7 0.9 | 4.7 10.1 |
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| Ventral lamina length | 5 | 24.2 – 33.5 56.6 – 65.7 | 28.7 61.5 | 3.8 3.7 | 29.0 62.5 |
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| Placoid lengths | | | | | |
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| Macroplacoid 1 | 15 | 5.6 – 9.3 14.0 – 18.2 | 7.8 15.9 | 1.2 1.3 | 6.5 14.0 |
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| Macroplacoid 2 | 15 | 4.5 – 7.2 11.2 – 13.4 | 5.9 12.1 | 0.8 0.7 | 5.5 11.9 |
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| Macroplacoid 3 | 15 | 5.8 – 10.3 14.7 – 19.0 | 8.5 17.5 | 1.2 1.2 | 7.8 16.8 |
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| Macroplacoid row | 15 | 16.8 – 27.3 42.5 – 53.4 | 23.8 48.7 | 3.1 2.7 | 22.4 48.3 |
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| Claw 1 lengths | | | | | |
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| External primary branch | 8 | 10.0 – 14.0 24.2 – 27.8 | 12.4 25.7 | 1.4 1.1 | 12.1 26.1 |
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| External secondary branch | 7 | 7.4 – 11.6 16.3 – 21.8 | 9.2 19.1 | 1.4 2.5 | ? ? |
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| Internal primary branch | 8 | 9.6 – 13.1 23.3 – 25.4 | 12.1 24.3 | 1.1 0.8 | 11.8 25.4 |
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| Internal secondary branch | 8 | 8.1 – 11.4 18.2 – 20.9 | 9.9 19.8 | 1.1 1.0 | 8.7 18.8 |
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| Claw 2 lengths | | | | | |
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| External primary branch | 8 | 11.1 – 14.6 25.0 – 29.2 | 13.3 27.8 | 1.2 1.4 | 13.4 28.9 |
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| External secondary branch | 7 | 7.3 – 12.1 18.5 – 24.7 | 10.0 20.9 | 1.6 2.2 | 8.9 19.2 |
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| Internal primary branch | 8 | 11.2 – 15.0 24.7 – 30.0 | 13.0 26.8 | 1.4 2.0 | ? ? |
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| Internal secondary branch | 8 | 9.1 – 12.8 21.2 – 26.3 | 11.2 23.1 | 1.4 1.9 | ? ? |
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| Claw 3 lengths | | | | | |
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| External primary branch | 8 | 10.5 – 16.0 24.4 – 29.7 | 13.3 27.6 | 1.8 1.6 | 13.5 29.1 |
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| External secondary branch | 8 | 8.6 – 11.8 18.1 – 23.2 | 10.0 20.7 | 1.2 1.8 | 8.6 18.5 |
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| Internal primary branch | 8 | 9.7 – 14.5 24.1 – 30.3 | 12.6 27.0 | 1.7 2.3 | 13.0 28.0 |
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| Internal secondary branch | 7 | 8.7 – 11.6 20.6 – 24.6 | 10.4 22.2 | 1.2 1.6 | ? ? |
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| Claw 4 lengths | | | | | |
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| Anterior primary branch | 10 | 11.1 – 16.0 25.8 – 33.4 | 14.3 29.1 | 1.4 2.7 | 14.6 31.5 |
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| Anterior secondary branch | 10 | 7.6 – 11.9 19.2 – 24.0 | 10.8 22.0 | 1.3 1.8 | 10.3 22.2 |
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| Posterior primary branch | 12 | 10.7 – 16.6 26.1 – 34.7 | 14.7 30.2 | 1.7 2.5 | 15.0 32.3 |
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| Posterior secondary branch | 12 | 8.4 – 12.6 18.2 – 26.8 | 10.7 22.0 | 1.0 2.4 | 10.4 22.4 |
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