Table 3 Additional measurements for further inferring A-I Male, A-I Female, and Adult Male instars, including length, height, eye width, and eye to keel distance (EKD) ± SD.

From: Laboratory culture of the California Sea Firefly Vargula tsujii (Ostracoda: Cypridinidae): Developing a model system for the evolution of marine bioluminescence

Inferred Instar

N

Length

Height

Eye size

EKD

A-I Male

15

1.566 ± 0.032

0.907 ± 0.039

0.218 ± 0.028

0.828 ± 0.053

A-I Female

15

1.592 ± 0.026

0.902 ± 0.030

0.198 ± 0.018

0.974 ± 0.038

Adult Male

13

1.647 ± 0.028

0.963 ± 0.023

0.242 ± 0.019

0.878 ± 0.040

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