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Table 3 Mean (SE) of body length and four body ratios for the two siblings B. plicatilis and B. koreanus

From: A new intertidal Brachionus and intrageneric phylogenetic relationships among Brachionus as revealed by allometry and CO1-ITS1 gene analysis

 

Morphometric variable

a

c/a

i/a

h/a

g/h

B. koreanus

     

  AVE

201.04

0.7481

0.5021a

0.0690a

0.8873a

  Uljin-1 (S)

196.07

0.7706

0.5516

0.0773

0.8178

  Daesan

192.26

0.7235

0.4783

0.0715

0.8235

  Okgu

194.59

0.7515

0.5118

0.0742

0.8280

  Uljin-2 (L)

213.40

0.7331

0.4783

0.0552

1.0190

  Taean

212.46

0.7649

0.4828

0.0652

0.9523

B. plicatilis

     

  AVE

293.89

0.7514

0.4797a

0.0524a

0.9516a

  China

276.22

0.7618

0.5059

0.0605

0.9165

  Hwasung

306.13

0.7808

0.4873

0.0431

1.0904

  Mokpo

277.25

0.7281

0.4667

0.0580

0.8537

  Buan

303.54

0.7570

0.4829

0.0534

0.9762

  Seosan

329.32

0.7573

0.4486

0.0422

0.9614

  Suncheon

300.24

0.7289

0.4445

0.0483

1.0192

  Japan

256.14

0.7400

0.5246

0.0638

0.8082

  1. aStatistically significant based on morphological characters of the lorica between B. koreanus and B. plicatilis to separate two different species under morphometrical discriminant analysis.