TABLE 8 in Atlas of the Echiniscidae (Heterotardigrada) of the World-part I: West Palaearctic Echiniscus species

TABLE 8. Measurements [in µm] of selected morphological structures of adult females of Echiniscus spinulosus mounted in Hoyer’s medium. Abbreviations: sp —the proportion between the length of a given structure and the length of the scapular plate.
CHARACTERNRANGEMEANSDNeotypeNRANGEMEANSDµmspµmspµmspµmspµmspµmspµmspBody length16236–314418–52428648118263064727191–231444–5112114721521Scapular plate length1654.3–64.8–59.6–2.9–64.8–738.0–47.8–44.8–3.4–Head appendage lengthsCirrus internus1412.3–17.220.7–28.215.025.01.52.215.423.878.7–13.122.9–28.411.625.91.52.2Cephalic papilla168.6–10.514.5–17.89.415.80.50.89.715.076.5–8.815.6–18.47.516.80.80.9Cirrus externus1520.2–29.137.0–49.825.542.72.63.829.144.9714.3–22.037.2–46.518.440.92.43.4Clava116.7–9.110.3–15.27.713.00.61.36.710.355.2–6.310.9–13.75.713.00.51.2Cirrus A11117.1–166.6207.3–270.9146.1243.515.517.2165.0254.6573.8–128.0194.2–277.1102.5228.420.733.3Cirrus A /Body length ratio1144%–56%–51%–3%–54%–538%–61%–48%–9%–Body appendage lengthsSpine C102.2–5.23.6–9.43.45.70.91.7??72.2–6.04.6–12.93.27.21.42.8Spine Cd1648.7–62.278.4–102.955.192.64.16.057.488.6735.5–48.484.6–104.841.893.24.76.9Spine D152.5–10.04.3–17.76.611.01.83.27.111.073.4–6.37.1–13.65.011.11.12.6Spine Dd1643.6–56.176.4–95.451.987.14.05.256.186.6729.9–45.178.7–94.438.685.85.26.5Spine E165.4–13.49.5–20.78.714.62.13.113.420.774.8–8.610.0–18.56.314.21.43.1Spine on leg I length164.2–6.77.4–11.25.28.80.71.05.99.172.8–3.96.1–8.83.37.40.41.0Papilla on leg IV length164.5–5.57.6–9.14.98.30.30.45.58.553.9–4.48.2–9.44.28.90.20.5Number of teeth on the collar155–9–7.1–1.2–8–65–7–5.7–0.8–Claw I heightsBranch1319.1–22.433.0–37.221.035.10.91.521.433.0614.0–16.733.4–36.815.734.80.91.3Spur132.4–3.34.4–5.72.94.90.30.53.04.651.9–2.34.0–5.82.14.70.20.7Spur/branch height ratio1312%–16%–14%–1%–14%–512%–16%–13%–1%–Claw II heightsBranch1516.2–21.528.4–37.219.833.21.42.220.832.1512.3–16.532.4–34.915.033.71.71.1Spur152.3–3.44.0–5.62.94.90.30.53.45.231.8–2.54.7–5.32.25.00.40.3Spur/branch height ratio1513%–17%–15%–1%–16%–315%–15%–15%–0%–Claw III heightsBranch1515.6–22.627.3–37.420.334.01.72.420.832.1612.9–16.031.0–34.314.532.61.11.4Spur132.6–3.44.2–5.52.94.90.30.43.24.951.9–2.34.2–4.82.14.50.20.2Spur/branch height ratio1312%–17%–14%–1%–15%–513%–16%–14%–1%–Claw IV heightsBranch1519.5–28.534.2–46.625.643.12.13.127.842.9616.6–22.743.3–48.720.445.72.32.2Spur123.0–4.55.5–7.24.06.60.40.53.96.062.3–3.36.1–6.92.96.50.30.3Spur/branch height ratio1212%–17%–15%–1%–14%–613%–16%–14%–1%–