DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.15157349
title: Table 2 in Integrative description of two new species of the genus Mesobiotus (Eutardigrada, Macrobiotoidea) from Russia, with an updated phylogeny of the genus

description: Table 2. Summary of morphometric data for Mesobiotus efa sp. nov. Measurements are given in µm, pt values in % (the pt index is the percentage ratio between the length of a structure and the length of the buccal tube).
CHARACTERNRANGEMEANSDHolotypeµmptµmptµmptµmptBody length17238–430759–10483218565172430940Buccopharyngeal tubeBuccal tube length2129.7–45.8–38.1–4.5–45.8–Stylet support insertion point2122.6–35.374.0–78.829.377.03.51.035.377.2Buccal tube external width214.1–8.612.1–19.65.614.61.01.56.714.7Buccal tube internal width213.1–7.68.4–17.24.210.91.01.65.010.9Ventral lamina length1917.3–27.256.6–61.422.459.52.91.427.259.5Placoid lengthsMacroplacoid 1212.3–6.57.7–15.64.712.11.11.95.912.9Macroplacoid 2212.4–5.17.9–12.63.89.90.71.14.710.3Macroplacoid 3212.7–6.59.2–14.24.611.91.01.46.514.1Microplacoid211.6–4.95.5–11.23.69.40.81.64.810.5Macroplacoid row219.3–18.631.3–45.314.638.22.53.418.340.0Placoid row2112.5–24.042.0–56.918.949.43.13.624.052.5Claw 1 lengthsExternal primary branch186.0–9.417.6–22.57.520.01.01.2??External secondary branch185.0–8.013.3–18.16.116.30.81.1??Internal primary branch215.7–9.117.1–21.07.319.10.90.99.119.9Internal secondary branch214.3–8.113.9–17.66.015.70.91.08.117.6Claw 2 lengthsExternal primary branch206.2–9.719.1–22.87.920.71.01.19.721.1External secondary branch205.3–8.915.1–19.46.517.00.91.28.919.4Internal primary branch205.7–9.118.0–21.87.219.00.90.99.119.8Internal secondary branch204.5–7.814.4–18.16.116.00.81.26.714.6Claw 3 lengthsExternal primary branch206.4–9.719.3–23.07.920.81.01.09.721.1External secondary branch205.3–8.414.9–19.06.316.70.81.17.817.0Internal primary branch205.8–9.117.1–21.37.319.20.91.09.119.8Internal secondary branch204.7–7.914.1–17.86.116.10.70.96.915.2Claw 4 lengthsAnterior primary branch196.6–10.816.8–27.58.823.31.22.49.921.6Anterior secondary branch195.1–8.416.3–19.97.018.40.91.17.516.3Posterior primary branch167.6–11.622.4–29.09.525.41.21.4??Posterior secondary branch155.4–8.016.4–20.16.818.20.81.0??µmptµmptµmptµmptBody length10264–521808–1119366948871215211119Buccopharyngeal tubeBuccal tube length1030,1–46,5–38,3–5,7–46,5–Stylet support insertion point1022,5–35,274,7–77,629,075,84,50,835,275,6Buccal tube external width104,0–7,613,0–18,25,614,61,21,47,215,5Buccal tube internal width102,9–6,09,6–14,44,311,11,11,55,612,0Ventral lamina length920,0–32,161,7–69,025,466,14,42,332,169,0Placoid lengthsMacroplacoid 1103,4–6,410,9–15,35,012,91,11,66,413,7Macroplacoid 2103,0–5,79,7–12,44,110,60,90,85,411,5Macroplacoid 3103,0–6,49,9–14,34,912,61,11,36,413,7Microplacoid102,0–4,56,5–9,93,38,50,81,04,59,7Macroplacoid row1011,2–21,337,4–46,616,241,93,43,121,345,7Placoid row1014,3–27,347,4–58,920,553,24,23,727,358,6Claw 1 heightsExternal primary branch107,2–12,422,0–26,79,424,71,51,312,426,7External secondary branch105,7–9,618,5–23,27,619,91,21,49,620,5Internal primary branch106,8–12,622,7–27,09,324,21,61,312,627,0Internal secondary branch105,5–9,216,2–22,37,319,11,21,68,919,2Claw 2 heightsExternal primary branch107,5–13,323,0–28,59,825,61,71,613,328,5External secondary branch105,9–11,119,0–23,88,221,31,51,711,123,8Internal primary branch108,1–12,524,2–28,010,026,11,41,112,526,8Internal secondary branch105,5–9,017,9–24,47,820,41,11,99,019,4Claw 3 heights??External primary branch107,8–13,023,7–27,89,925,81,51,313,027,8External secondary branch105,6–9,817,2–22,47,720,11,41,69,821,0Internal primary branch107,8–12,624,2–28,99,925,91,51,412,627,0Internal secondary branch106,1–10,417,9–26,97,920,71,42,49,119,5Claw 4 heightsAnterior primary branch108,7–14,627,5–32,211,429,81,81,414,631,4Anterior secondary branch105,9–10,819,7–23,48,422,01,41,310,823,2Posterior primary branch109,5–13,527,1–35,111,831,11,62,412,627,1Posterior secondary branch107,4–11,020,1–25,38,923,51,31,79,821,0
description: Published as part of Tumanov, Denis V., Androsova, Evgenia D., Gavrilenko, Marina D. & Kalimullin, Aidar A., 2024, Integrative description of two new species of the genus Mesobiotus (Eutardigrada, Macrobiotoidea) from Russia, with an updated phylogeny of the genus, pp. 29-36 in European Journal of Taxonomy 947 (1) on page 29, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2024.947.2619, http://zenodo.org/record/13134040