Table 2 in Unveiling soil ciliate diversity: Taxonomy of two novel hypotrich ciliates (Alveolata: Ciliophora) from agricultural soil in Mathura, India

Table 2. Morphometric data on Neoholisticha vikali gen. et sp. nov. CharacteristicaMeanMSDSECVMinMaxnbody, length114.0114.011.22.49.887.0130.021body, width31.031.04.20.913.523.040.021body length:width, ratio3.73.80.40.111.03.04.921body width:length, percentage27.226.53.00.610.920.533.021anterior body end to proximal end of adoral zone, distance30.631.01.80.46.026.034.021anterior body end to distal end of adoral zone, distance4.55.01.90.443.01.09.019anterior body end to proximal end of adoral zone, % of body length27.126.73.00.711.020.033.321anterior body end to distal end of adoral zone, % of body length3.94.01.80.444.40.98.219DE-value (see text)0.20.20.10.069.80.00.619adoral membranelles, width of longest base5.15.00.30.16.55.06.017adoral membranelles, number32.032.03.30.710.226.038.017anterior body end to paroral membrane, distance7.88.01.80.422.75.012.017gap between adoral zone of membranelles and paroral membrane6.87.01.90.527.43.010.016paroral membrane, length15.415.02.10.514.010.019.017anterior body end to endoral, distance8.18.01.50.418.45.011.017endoral membrane, length15.215.02.10.514.012.020.017anteriormost macronuclear nodule, length5.55.01.00.218.44.08.017anteriormost macronuclear nodule, width2.53.00.50.120.32.03.017macronuclear nodules, number84.785.010.22.512.170.0108.017micronucleus, length1.51.00.50.135.51.02.013micronucleus, width1.21.00.40.132.51.02.013micronucleus, number1.51.00.50.135.51.02.013anterior body end to right marginal row, distance7.67.02.70.735.83.013.017posterior body end to right marginal row, distance3.03.01.50.450.21.07.016right marginal row, number of cirri48.047.05.31.311.040.061.016anterior body end to left marginal row, distance27.728.02.40.68.522.032.017posterior body end to left marginal row, distance1.61.01.10.366.01.04.015left marginal row, number of cirri44.845.06.21.613.937.057.015frontal cirri, number3.03.00.00.00.03.03.015anterior body end to buccal cirrus, distance14.214.02.60.718.79.018.013buccal cirrus, number1.01.00.00.00.01.01.015parabuccal cirrus, number1.01.00.00.00.01.01.03frontoterminal cirri, number2.62.00.80.229.42.04.014midventral pairs, number16.416.01.20.47.615.018.012transverse cirri, number2.02.00.00.00.02.02.09dorsal kineties, number6.97.00.90.312.76.08.010caudal cirri, number8.57.01.90.622.77.012.012a Data based on mounted, protargol-impregnated, and randomly selected specimens from a non-flooded Petri dish culture. Measurements in µm. Abbreviations: CV = coefficient of variation in %; M = median; Max = maximum; Mean = arithmetic mean; Min = minimum; n = number of individuals investigated; SD = standard deviation; SE = standard error of arithmetic mean.