Table 8 Measurements [in µm] of selected morphological structures of eggs of Paramacrobiotus fairbanksi Schill, Förster, Dandekar & Wolf 2010 Albanian 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 | 15 | 63.8 | – | 95.4 | 77.9 | 9.3 |
Egg full diameter | 15 | 86.2 | – | 116.9 | 98.5 | 8.3 |
Process height | 45 | 7.6 | – | 17.3 | 12.0 | 2.0 |
Process base width | 45 | 9.7 | – | 20.3 | 15.5 | 2.2 |
Process base/height ratio | 45 | 100% | – | 177% | 130% | 17% |
Inter-process distance | 42 | 1.3 | – | 7.8 | 3.6 | 1.6 |
Number of processes on the egg circumference | 15 | 13 | – | 16 | 14.1 | 1.1 |
