Table 23 in Antarctic Kinorhyncha: Seven new species from the Antarctic Peninsula

Table 23. Comparative table showing potential differential character traits between highly similar species, including Echinoderes aff. beringiensis / galadrielae from New Zealand (Grzelak & Sørensen 2022), as well as E. aff. beringiensis / romanoi / xalkutaat and E. aff. angustus Higgins & Kristensen, 1988 from Antarctica (present study). Potential differential character traits are in boldface. CharacterE. aff. beringiensis / romanoi / xalkutaatE. beringiensisE. aff. beringiensis / galadrielaeE. romanoiE. xalkutaatE. aff. angustusS1 VM sensory spotpresentpresentabsentpresentVLpresentS4 SD GCO2absentabsentabsentabsentabsentpresentS5 tubesLVLALALVLVLVS8 lateral GCO2SL GCO2ML(♀) +SLGCO2SL GCO2SL GCO2SL GCO2SL GCO2S10 LD GCO2presentpresentpresentpresentpresentpresentS11 MD protuberancepresentpresentabsentabsent?presentS11 midtergal fissurepresentpresentpresentpresent?presentTL range271–313 µm269–390 µm196–211 µm196–247 µm282–304 µm310–347 µmLTS range177–205 µm123–168 µm181–254 µm127–232 µm171–178 µm197–214 µm