Table 4 in A Heterolepidoderma and Halichaetoderma gen. nov. (Gastrotricha: Chaetonotidae) riddle: integrative taxonomy and phylogeny of six new freshwater species from Central Europe

Table 4. Comparison of the four new Halichaetoderma species with most similar Heterolepidoderma species
CharacterHa. fluviatileHa. rivaleHa. aureumHa. hexagonaleHe. joermungandri He. gracileHe. jureienseHe. lamellatumsp. nov.sp. nov.sp. nov.sp. nov.Kånneby, 2011Remane,Kisielewski,Balsamo and19271991Fregni, 1995Body length88–92 µm99–100 µm105 µm120 µm94–105 µm140–18082–112 µm75–92 μmµmHead lobesfivefivefivefivefivefivethreefiveEpipleuraewell developedwell developedwell devel-well developedindistinctwell de-well devel-well developedopedvelopedopedHypopleuraewell developedwell developedwell devel-well developedprominentwell de-absentwell developedopedvelopedPharynx re-presentpresentpresentpresentpresentabsentpresentpresentinforcementsShape of domin-roughly hexagonalvery narrowly oblongoblong withhexagonalhemi-ellipticalhexagonaln.a.hemi-ellipticalant dorsal scalesto obdeltoid witha truncatedrounded edgesposterior endScale sizehead: 2.5–head: 3.0‒4.2 × 0.9‒1.3 μmhead: 2.8–head: 2.3–4.5 × 1.4–1.7 µmhead and neck:trunk:n.ahead and neck:3.4 × 0.8–1.3 µm3.6 × 1.0–1.64.0 × 2.0–3.02.0–2.3–2.8 µmneck: 2.8–4.9 × 1.5–2.3 µmµmneck: 2.9–3.2 × 1.3–1.6 µmµm5.0 × 0.5–neck:1.6–2.0 µmtrunk: 3.7–4.23.0 × 1.2–1.3 µmtrunk:2.5‒6.7 × 1.2‒3.7 μmneck: 3.3–trunk: 4.7–6.5 × 2.0–2.6 µmtrunk:5.0–µm4.6 × 1.5–1.76.0 × 2.0–3.0trunk: 2.4–µmµm5.6 × 1.4–2.4 µmtrunk: 4.3–5.5 × 2.0–2.9µmNo. of dorsal1817202321–2320–251513–17longitudinal col-umns of scalesNo. of scales in3236303622–2340–4519–2422–27central dorsalcolumnKeelswell developedwell developedwell devel-well developedwell developedindistinctwell devel-well developedopedto absentopedSpinesabsentabsentabsentabsentabsentabsentabsentabsentReferencePresent studyPresent studyPresent studyPresent studyKånnebyRemaneKisielewskiBalsamo and(2011)(1927),(1991)Fregni (1995)Schwank(1990)
n.a., data not available.