TABLE 1 in Two new species of Promonhystera Wieser, 1956 (Nematoda: Monhysterida: Xyalidae) from the South China Sea

TABLE 1. Individual measurements of two new Promonhystera species (in µm, except a, b, c, c′ and a.b.d). Abbreviations are as follows: 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.b.d.: corresponding body diameter; c′: ratio of tail length to cloacal or anal body diameter; sp/a.b.d.: ratio of spicule length to cloacal body diameter.
P. papillaP. fluctispiculaCharactersHolotypeParatypesHolotypeParatypesM1M2M3J1M1M2M3Total body length2247219622402145129311851222a3937.237.337.63838.238.1b6.46.35.96.15.24.854.88c9.49.58.89.48.77.78.3c'5.66.26.36.26.15.75.9Maximum body diameter57596057343132Head diameter28282928192320Length of inner labial setae4444444Length of cephalic setae19192019151315Amphideal fovea as % of c.b.d.45454243504648Amphids from anterior end16161618111111Pharynx length350350375350244244250Body diameter at pharyngeal base49505550283028Length of spicules176170181-839588sp/a.b.d.4.14.64.5-3.53.53.5Number of precloacal supplements333----Cloacal or anal body diameter43374037242725Tail length239229254229147153147