Antarctic Kinorhyncha: Seven new species from the Antarctic Peninsula Author Sørensen, Martin V. 4143D650-12FC-4914-93F5-2C39339A7156 Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark. mvsorensen@snm.ku.dk Author Macheriotou, Lara 1037C143-8562-41A3-8149-BC3DE4323845 Marine Biology Research Group, Department of Biology, Ghent University, 9000 Ghent, Belgium. lara.macheriotou@ugent.be Author Braeckman, Ulrike 6C48F169-ECC8-4F98-A9CF-9B2A664DA903 Marine Biology Research Group, Department of Biology, Ghent University, 9000 Ghent, Belgium. Ulrike.Braeckman@ugent.be Author Smith, Craig R. F004E0AC-049A-48D6-9369-EBE18ECEF53C Department of Oceanography, University of Hawai’i at Mānoa, Honolulu HI 96822, Hawaii, USA. craigsmi@hawaii.edu Author Ingels, Jeroen F6107F36-C67F-4CB8-A6C0-DFBF66D3C464 Coastal and Marine Laboratory, Florida State University, St. Teresa FL 32346, Florida, USA. & National Institute for Water and Atmospheric Research, Wellington 6021, New Zealand. jeroen.ingels@niwa.co.nz text European Journal of Taxonomy 2025 2025-07-01 1000 1 1 102 https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2947/13307 journal article 310863 10.5852/ejt.2025.1000.2947 7b56d2d4-1394-4a8a-9448-547bd293786d 2118-9773 15808384 98563124-EFCC-4542-B5AB-E14C0C3978DD

Table 9. Measurements from light microscopy of Echinoderes ahlfeldae sp. nov. (in µm), including number of measured specimens (n) and standard deviation (SD).

Character	n	Range	Mean	SD
TL	15	275–354	314	27.34
TL (CUM)	15	442–493	472	16.38
MSW-6	15	58–72	65	3.60
MSW-6/TL	15	18.4–23.2%	20.9%	1.51%
SW-10	15	54–62	58	2.53
SW-10/TL	15	16.4–21.1%	18.7%	1.30%
S1	15	32–39	36	2.39
S2	15	28–35	31	1.73
S3	15	32–37	34	1.83
S4	15	34–42	37	2.42
S5	15	38–46	41	2.54
S6	15	38–49	44	3.44
S7	15	44–52	48	2.43
S8	15	47–57	53	2.35
S9	15	55–60	57	1.24
S10	15	52–58	55	2.21
S11	15	30–40	35	2.67
–
MD4 (ac)	15	42–52	47	2.95
MD6 (ac)	15	70–89	76	4.83
MD8 (ac)	15	88–99	92	2.97
–
SD2 (tu)	10	12–19	16	1.84
VL2 (tu)	8	13–17	15	1.64
–
LV5 (tu)	7	14–18	16	1.38
LV6 (ac)	15	35–41	37	1.89
LV7 (ac)	15	41–48	44	2.12
LV8 (ac)	15	48–57	52	2.37
LV9 (ac)	15	48–58	53	2.59
–
SL8 (tu)	8	14–17	16	0.99
LD10 (tu) ♂	8	13–24	15	3.38
LD10 (tu) ♀	1	4	N/A	N/A
–
LTAS	5	40–43	41	1.22
LTS	15	147–173	158	7.36
LTS/TL	15	43.2–58.9%	50.7%	5.29%