Table 7 in The genus Milnesium (Eutardigrada, Apochela, Milnesiidae) in Argentina: description of three new species and key to the species of South America

Table 7. Statistically significant differences (through one-side Student t -tests) of overlapping pt ranges of claw heights between Milnesium irenae sp. nov. and the similar species. Species CharacterM. irenae sp. nov.M. variefidumClaw/Leg IExternal primary branch38.7–47.1 (43.1)33.7–44.7 (40.0) t21 = 2.20, p <0.05External secondary branch34.1–42.6 (38.0)27.7–35.8 (31.8) t 23 = 6.00, p <0.001Internal secondary branch32.7–41.3 (36.2)28.2–35.4 (31.7) t 22 = 4.50, p <0.001Claw/Leg IIExternal primary branch43.0–52.9 (48.2)38.0–50.9 (43.7) t25 = 3.56, p <0.001External secondary branch35.4–44.7 (39.5)27.6–39.7 (33.8) t 23 = 4.29, p <0.001Internal primary branch40.7–50.8 (45.9)33.9–45.6 (40.6) t21 = 3.93, p <0.001Internal secondary branch33.0–43.0 (37.8)25.9–38.1 (32.0) t 22 = 4.64, p <0.001Claw/Leg IIIExternal primary branch44.8–55.9 (50.9)38.8–50.3 (44.4) t 24 = 4.60, p <0.001External secondary branch35.7–44.9 (40.3)25.9–39.0 (33.3) t23 = 5.68, p <0.001Internal primary branch42.2–52.3 (47.7)34.2–47.2 (41.0) t 23 = 4.39, p <0.001Internal secondary branch34.2–44.4 (38.3)25.5–37.2 (32.0) t23 = 4.93, p <0.001Claw/Leg IVAnterior primary branch55.1–64.2 (59.8)46.6–61.0 (52.1) t 22 = 3.28, p <0,01Anterior secondary branch39.8–49.0 (43.3)30.6–42.2 (35.2) t 24 = 4.69, p <0.001Posterior primary branch59.4–68.4 (63.6)35.9–62.4 (53.1) t 22 = 4.53, p <0.001Posterior secondary branch40.6–50.4 (45.5)27.5–41.0 (36.2) t 23 = 7.51, p <0.001