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