Table 9 Measurements [in µm] of selected morphological structures of eggs of Paramacrobiotus fairbanksi Schill, Förster, Dandekar & Wolf 2010 Canadian 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 | 62.9 | – | 89.7 | 75.0 | 9.5 |
Egg full diameter | 15 | 88.7 | – | 117.5 | 101.5 | 9.3 |
Process height | 42 | 11.3 | – | 17.0 | 13.9 | 1.5 |
Process base width | 42 | 13.6 | – | 18.9 | 15.9 | 1.2 |
Process base/height ratio | 42 | 100% | – | 136% | 115% | 10% |
Inter-process distance | 41 | 1.0 | – | 5.5 | 2.7 | 1.0 |
Number of processes on the egg circumference | 14 | 10 | – | 12 | 10.8 | 0.8 |
