TABLE 1 in Two new nematode species of the family Sphaerolaimidae (Nematoda, Monhysterida) from the Yellow Sea, China

TABLE 1. Individual measurements of Sphaerolaimus articulatus sp. nov. (in µm except a, b, c, c′ and V%).Abbreviations: a, ratio of body length to maximum body diameter; b, ratio of body length to pharynx length; c, ratio of body length to tail length; c′, ratio of tail length to cloacal or anus body diameter; V%, position of vulva from anterior end expressed as a percentage of total body length; -, no data. CharactersHolotypeParatypesM1M2M3M4M5F1F2F3F4Total body length including tail182519021700199119431916181020561996Maximum body diameter1071117995818378125115Head diameter343632282626273536Length of cephalic setae445555444Length of longest subcephalic setae161820151517151920Depth of buccal cavity5345484741495952Diameter of amphidial fovea121112111277-8Amphidial fovea from anterior end323129313233343230Length of pharynx395432404400402402438460450Body diameter at pharyngeal base1001007184787875113102Spicules length115111110115116----Length of gubernaculum5248524041----Vulva from anterior end-----1332128614711411Body diameter at vulva-----7875121100V%-----70717271Body diameter at cloaca or anus757662706453547868Tail length207210205230238216195221235a17.117.121.521.024.023.123.216.417.4b4.64.34.15.04.84.84.14.54.4c8.89.18.38.78.28.99.39.38.5c′2.82.83.33.33.74.13.62.83.5