Table 10.

Measurements [in µm] of selected morphological structures of eggs of Paramacrobiotus fairbanksi Schill, Förster, Dandekar & Wolf 2010 Madeira 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	74.9	–	97.6	82.9	6.3
Egg full diameter	15	107.7	–	141.7	117.5	8.3
Process height	43	13.7	–	23.0	17.7	2.2
Process base width	43	15.1	–	23.8	18.7	2.0
Process base/height ratio	43	93%	–	125%	106%	9%
Inter-process distance	44	3.0	–	6.2	4.6	0.7
Number of processes on the egg circumference	15	11	–	14	12.4	0.9