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Table 1 Measurements from light microscopy of adult Zelinkaderes yong sp. nov. (in μm)

From: Zelinkaderes yong sp. nov. from Korea - the first recording of Zelinkaderes (Kinorhyncha: Cyclorhagida) in Asia

Character

n

Range

Mean

SD

TL

6

480 to 575

514.6

33.5

S1

6

38 to 55

48.0

6.7

S2

6

28 to 41

35.4

5.1

S3

6

32 to 44

36.2

4.6

S4

6

32 to 48

38.6

5.6

S5

6

38 to 49

41.9

4.2

S6

6

43 to 50

47.1

3.1

S7

6

44 to 57

49.2

4.5

S8

6

45 to 54

49.3

3.6

S9

6

47 to 58

53.2

4.4

S10

6

49 to 57

52.4

2.8

S11

6

30 to 45

37.2

5.1

MD 4 (ac)

6

16 to 30

23.2

5.4

MD 6 (ac)

6

22 to 42

33.1

7.9

MD 8 (ac)

6

31 to 45

41.0

5.2

MD 9 (ac)

6

35 to 47

41.5

4.8

MD 10 (ac)

6

35 to 53

42.6

7.1

MD 11 (ac)

6

84 to 114

95.4

11.8

LV 2 (cu)

12

10 to 20

16.4

2.6

VL 5 (cu)

12

15 to 22

20.7

2.1

LA 8 (cu)

11

21 to 30

25.1

2.7

LV 8 (ac)

12

32 to 41

36.3

3.3

LV 9 (cu)

12

20 to 27

24.5

2.0

ML 10 (ac)

4

31 to 33

31.8

0.8

ML 10 (cr)

7

28 to 44

35.5

6.0

LTS

11

58 to 76

65.6

6.2

LTAS

11

55 to 65

58.4

3.7

LTS/LTAS

10

1.0 to 1.3

1.1

0.1

MTS

4

410 to 561

489.9

81.4

MTS/TL

4

0.8 to 1.1

0.9

0.1

  1. Abbreviations: ac acicular spine, cr crenulated spine, cu cuspidate spine, LA lateral accessory, LTAS lateral terminal accessory spine, LTS lateral terminal spine, LV lateroventral, MD middorsal, ML midlateral, MTS midterminal spine, n number of measured specimens, S segment lengths, SD standard deviation, TL trunk length, VL ventrolateral.