Table 1 in A Huge Diversity of Metopids (Ciliophora, Armophorea) in Soil from the Murray River Floodplain, Australia. II. Morphology and Morphogenesis of Lepidometopus platycephalus nov. gen., nov. spec.

Table 1. Morphometric data on Lepidometopus platycephalus nov. gen., nov. spec.
CharacteristicsaMeanMSDSECVMinMaxnBody, length37.238.03.70.810.031.044.021Body, maximum width of preoral dome19.720.02.60.613.214.024.021Body, width at cytostome17.317.02.00.411.614.021.021Body, maximum postoral width22.022.03.50.816.015.028.021Body, length:width ratio1.81.70.30.117.71.42.829Anterior body end to proximal end of PS, distance17.117.02.50.514.412.021.021Perizonal stripe, percentage of body length46.147.45.91.312.734.158.321Anterior body end to distal end of AZP, distance6.36.01.00.215.15.08.021Anterior body end to proximal end of AZP, distance18.719.01.70.49.015.021.021Adoral zone of polykinetids, percentage of body length50.350.03.40.76.845.758.821Anterior body end to distal end of PM, distance9.910.01.60.415.87.013.019Anterior body end to macronucleus, distance6.55.52.80.642.63.015.021Macronucleus, length12.412.02.60.621.48.520.021Macronucleus, width7.17.01.40.320.14.09.021Macronucleus, length:width ratio1.91.60.90.248.11.05.021Macronucleus, number1.01.00.00.00.01.01.021Micronucleus, largest diameter2.52.5–––2.03.021Micronucleus, number1.01.00.00.00.01.01.021Somatic ciliary rows, total number11.111.01.10.210.19.013.023Perizonal ciliary rows, number5.05.00.00.00.05.05.021False kineties in perizonal stripe, number18.719.02.50.513.115.023.021Adoral polykinetids, number11.011.00.90.27.810.012.023Paroral membrane, length10.310.01.10.210.29.013.019
a Data based on mounted, protargol-impregnated, and randomly selected specimens from a non-flooded Petri dish culture. Measurements in µm. AZP – adoral zone of polykinetids; CV – coefficient of variation (%); M – median; Max – maximum; Mean – arithmetic mean; Min – minimum; PM – paroral membrane; PS – perizonal stripe; n – number of individuals investigated; SD – standard deviation; SE – standard error of arithmetic mean.