Table 1 in Redescriptions of Euplotes encysticus and E. rariseta (Protist: Ciliophora: Euplotida)

Table 1. Morphometric data of Euplotes encysticus and E. rariseta. AZM, adoral zone of membranelles; CL, cell length; AM, adoral membranelles; FVC, frontoventral cirri; TC, transverse cirri; MC, marginal cirri; CC, caudal cirri; DK, dorsal kinety; DDK, dikinetids in mid-DK; PM, paroral membrane; n, number.
CharacteristicsEuplotes encysticusEuplotes rarisetaCell length (μm)in vivo63-79(68.5± 4.92)62-7480-9032-44(36.6± 5.88)30-4530-50Cell width (μm)in vivo41-61(50.2± 5.71)41-5350-6523-35 (26.1± 3.73)20-3120-40Cell length (μm) Cell width (μm) AZM length(μm) CL: AZM ratio AM(n) FVC (n) TC (n) MC (n) CC (n) DK(n) DDK (n) PM(μm) Macronuclear shapeProtargol ʺ ʺ ʺ ʺ ʺ ʺ ʺ ʺ ʺ ʺ ʺ ʺ44-56(50.1± 3.30) 28-38(33.9± 2.58) 32-39(36.1± 1.87) 0.66-0.78(0.72± 0.04) 31-36(34.0± 1.75) 9 5 2 2-3 (2.1± 0.27) 7 20-22 (20.3± 0.65) 9-14 (10.3± 1.25) C-shape30-35 9 5 2 2 C-shape67-90 44-67 50-80 0.6-0.9 35-43 9 5 2 2 7 21-30 C-shape23-30(26.6± 1.88) 17-20(17.6± 1.14) 18-21(19.1± 0.83) 0.28-0.77(0.72± 0.04) 18-22(20.3± 1.23) 10 5 1 2 6 5-7 (6.1± 0.80) 2-3 (2.73± 0.41) Horseshoe-shape10 1 2 6 6 S-shape22-30 17-23 17-21 10 5-717-22 7 5-7Cell numbers, measured2521ReferencesPresent studyYonezawa (1985)Fan et al., 2010Present studyCurd et al.(1974)Song and Packoff (1997)Ma et al.(2007)