Table 1 in Ontogeny and phylogeny of the anaerobic genus Urostomides with supplementing morphological characterization of the type and one litle-known species (Alveolata: Ciliophora: Armophorea)

Table 1. Morphometric characteristics of Urostomides minimus (Kahl, 1932) comb. nov. and U. striatus (McMurrich, 1884) Jankowski, 1964 based on protargol-stained specimens.
Characteristics aSpeciesMeanMSDCVMinMaxNBody, lengthU. minimus75.675.09.112.0579521U. striatus76.075.07.59.9639021Body, widthU. minimus43.942.06.615.1326021U. striatus46.446.04.910.5396121Body, length-width, ratioU. minimus1.71.80.18.61.52.021U. striatus1.61.60.16.91.41.821Anterior pole to anterior end of macronucleus, % of body lengthU. minimus28.028.92.89.922.732.421U. striatus27.026.72.38.522.030.721Anterior pole to posterior end of macronucleus, % of body lengthU. minimus59.258.72.84.753.664.821U. striatus54.654.83.05.545.961.221Anterior pole to proximal end of adoral zone, distanceU. minimus53.353.15.810.942.160.221U. striatus52.251.85.210.043.064.021Anterior pole to proximal end of adoral zone, % of body lengthU. minimus70.971.96.18.646.375.821U. striatus68.768.73.04.364.073.321Macronucleus, lengthU. minimus24.624.73.012.119.035.021Macronucleus, widthU. minimus17.516.82.313.414.323.121U. striatus21.321.41.88.417.626.121Somatic kineties, numberbU. minimus17.417.01.16.4162021U. striatus23.224.01.98.0192621Preoral dome kineties, numberU. minimus6.97.00.79.56821U. striatus9.49.00.99.281121Adoral membranelles, numberU. minimus28.629.02.17.2243521U. striatus39.939.04.010.0334621Longest adoral membranelle, widthU. minimus6.46.30.914.15.08.321U. striatus6.86.80.710.15.67.921Perizonal stripe rows, numberU. minimus4.04.00.00.04421U. striatus4.04.00.00.04421Perizonal stripe 4 to dome kinety 1, distanceU. minimus4.24.40.818.53.06.521U. striatus2.52.50.521.61.53.721Dome kinety 1 to 2, distanceU. minimus10.410.32.221.07.013.621U. striatus7.97.91.114.35.79.621False kineties, numberU. minimus52.453.02.85.4486021Paroral membrane 1, length (longer)U. minimus24.624.82.610.418.530.021U. striatus24.024.42.510.417.727.821Paroral membrane 2, length (shorter)U. minimus11.812.01.411.88.214.021U. striatus13.213.61.39.910.714.921
aMeasurements in μm.
bExcluding perizonal stripe rows.Abbreviations:CV, coefficient of variation (%); M, median; Max, maximum;Min, minimum; N, number of specimens examined;SD, standard deviation.