DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.15153785
title: Table 1 in Morphology of Two Eschaneustyla Species (Ciliophora, Urostylida), with Notes on Morphogenesis of Eschaneustyla lugeri

description: Table 1. Morphometric data on Eschaneustyla terricola (te) and Eschaneustyla lugeri (lu), after protagol impregnation.
CharacteristicaSpeciesMinMaxMeanMSDSECV (%)nBody, lengthte130.0222.0187.6195.028.38.515.111lu164.0348.0261.8261.554.010.220.628Body, widthte50.090.069.370.011.93.617.211lu38.0141.091.495.029.15.531.928Body length:width, ratiote1.93.32.72.80.40.113.211lu2.05.53.02.80.80.126.128Macronuclear nodules, numberte5910675.468.015.34.620.311lu97149119.6119.013.63.311.417Micronuclei, numberte153.13.01.20.438.610lu3115.95.02.10.535.521Anteriormost macronuclear nodule, lengthte5.516.09.59.53.31.034.111lu5.021.011.010.04.61.141.719Anteriormost macronuclear nodule, widthte2.57.04.55.01.40.432.211lu3.010.05.35.02.00.436.719Anteriormost micronucleus, lengthte3.05.03.84.00.60.214.711lu3.010.06.16.52.00.533.319Anteriormost micronucleus, widthte3.04.03.53.50.50.113.711lu3.08.05.35.01.60.430.119AE to first macronuclear nodule, distancete9.022.515.816.03.81.124.011lu16.035.023.826.05.81.324.519PE to rearmost macronuclear nodule, distancete8.027.517.218.06.21.936.011lu14.060.030.727.012.63.141.217Posteriormost macronuclear nodule, lengthte3.011.07.47.02.70.837.111lu5.014.08.78.02.50.629.017Posteriormost macronuclear nodule, widthte3.06.54.54.01.20.426.211lu2.010.04.33.52.30.655.017Adoral membranelles, numberte354741.541.03.41.08.311lu477461.262.05.71.19.325Frontal cirri, numberte333.03.00.00.00.011lu254335.535.54.50.912.724Buccal cirri, numberte111.01.00.00.00.011lu343.33.00.50.114.325AE to proximal end of AZM, distancelu38.099.077.378.015.73.120.325AE to distal end of AZM, distancelu12.058.033.433.010.12.030.425DE valuelu0.30.590.420.420.10.016.725AE to paroral, distancelu23.050.038.340.06.31.316.422Paroral, lengthlu21.043.033.433.05.31.115.822AE to first buccal cirrus, distancelu30.064.049.051.07.51.615.321AE to last buccal cirrus, distancelu36.075.059.262.08.71.914.721Frontoterminal row, number of cirrite202825.125.53.00.911.910lu306049.550.06.91.413.923RMR, number of cirrite395745.645.55.21.611.410lu417858.459.07.91.813.620LMR, number of cirrite324539.039.05.01.612.810lu466152.253.04.00.97.620Midventral rows, numberte898.69.00.50.26.29lu121.11.00.30.128.437MV 1, number of cirrilu213730.731.04.20.913.723MV 2, number of cirrilu53323.528.013.06.555.24AE to MV 1, distancelu24.075.047.647.011.02.323.122PE to end of MV 1, distancelu80.0177.0134.7131.027.46.020.321AE to MV 2, distancelu60.0119.079.369.026.913.534.04PE to end of MV 2, distancelu26.0189.0130.0152.572.336.155.64AE to frontoterminal row, distancelu21.562.040.040.08.31.820.821PE to end of frontoterminal row, distancete60.0102.078.071.516.85.321.610lu41.0106.069.068.017.74.025.720AE to LMR, distancelu42.096.072.074.012.02.516.723AE to RMR, distancelu23.585.053.754.014.33.126.721PE to LMR, distancelu5.021.011.710.54.71.239.816PE to RMR, distancelu1.016.57.16.04.41.162.915Midventral rows with 3 or 4 cirri, numberte354.34.00.70.216.39Midventral rows with 5 or more cirri, numberte464.24.00.70.215.89Rearmost cirral row, number of cirrite52420.60.06.02.029.09PE to rear end of midventral complex, distancete30.056.046.451.010.13.421.79Caudal cirri, numberte8149.89.52.20.922.76lu7119.610.01.10.311.316Dorsal kineties, numberte444.04.00.00.00.08lu454.14.00.30.17.520
a All measurements in μm. CV – coefficient of variance in %; Min – minimum value observed; Max – maximum value observed; Mean – arithmetic mean; M – median; SD – standard deviation; SE – standard error; n – sample size; AE – anterior end of cell; PE – posterior end of cell; MV 1 – midventral row 1 (= rightmost midventral row in Foissner et al. 2002, Berger 2006 and Kim et al. 2015); MV 2, midventral row 2.
description: Published as part of Deng, Yufan, Lu, Xiaoteng, Li, Jingbao, Ba, Sang & Da Silva Paiva, Thiago, 2018, Morphology of Two Eschaneustyla Species (Ciliophora, Urostylida), with Notes on Morphogenesis of Eschaneustyla lugeri, pp. 74-75 in Acta Protozoologica 57 (2) on page 74, DOI: 10.4467/16890027AP.18.007.8981, http://zenodo.org/record/10994408