Table 11 Measurements [in µm] of selected morphological structures of eggs of Paramacrobiotus fairbanksi Schill, Förster, Dandekar & Wolf 2010 Mongolian population mounted in Hoyer’s medium (N—number of specimens/structures measured, RANGE refers to the smallest and the largest structure among all measured eggs; SD—standard deviation).
CHARACTER | N | RANGE | MEAN | SD | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Egg bare diameter | 6 | 64.0 | – | 83.5 | 73.0 | 8.0 |
Egg full diameter | 6 | 87.4 | – | 112.4 | 96.8 | 9.5 |
Process height | 16 | 11.0 | – | 16.9 | 14.2 | 1.9 |
Process base width | 15 | 15.0 | – | 21.7 | 17.7 | 2.3 |
Process base/height ratio | 15 | 114% | – | 137% | 124% | 7% |
Inter-process distance | 12 | 2.2 | – | 3.8 | 3.1 | 0.5 |
Number of processes on the egg circumference | 5 | 11 | – | 15 | 12.3 | 1.9 |
