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Table 2 Morphometric data of E. paramieti n. sp. based on protargol-stained specimens

From: Taxonomy and SSU rRNA gene-based phylogeny of two new Euplotes species from China: E. chongmingensis n. sp. and E. paramieti n. sp. (Protista, Ciliophora)

Character

Min

Max

Mean

Median

SD

SE

CV

n

Body length (μm)

157

201

182.9

184.0

14.8

4.4

8.1

20

Body width (μm)

123

158

141.5

143.0

13.7

4.1

9.7

20

Adoral membranelles, number

63

93

77.4

80.0

9.9

3.0

12.8

20

Length of adoral zone (μm)

118

135

126.3

128.0

6.4

1.9

5.1

20

Frontoventral cirri, number

9

9

9.0

9.0

0

0

0

20

Transverse cirri, number

5

5

5.0

5.0

0

0

0

20

Marginal cirri, number

2

2

2.0

2.0

0

0

0

20

Caudal cirri, number

2

2

2.0

2.0

0

0

0

20

Dorsolateral kineties, number

12

13

12.2

12.0

0.2

0

1.3

20

Dikinetids in mid-dorsolateral kinety, number

24

37

29.5

29.0

17.5

1.3

59.3

20

Dikinetids in leftmost kinety, number

14

23

18.3

17.0

7.0

0.8

38.4

20

  1. CV coefficient of variation in %, Max maximum, Mean arithmetic mean, Min minimum, n number of cells measured, SD standard deviation, SE Standard error