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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Aug 21.
Published in final edited form as: J Morphol. 2008 Oct;269(10):1181–1196. doi: 10.1002/jmor.10651

TABLE 1.

Abbreviations used for names of stomatal tissues

Abbreviation Annotation No. of cells Applicable taxa
HypE Anterior (nose) epidermal syncytium E 1 Acrobeles complexus, Aphelenchus avenae
HypD Anterior (nose) epidermal syncytium D 1 A. complexus
HypC Anterior (nose) epidermal syncytium C 1 A. complexus, A. avenae
HypB Anterior (nose) epidermal syncytium B 1 A. complexus, A. avenae
HypA Anterior (nose) epidermal syncytium A 1 A. complexus, A. avenae
Hyp4 Anterior (nose) epidermal syncytium 4 1 Caenorhabditis elegans
Hyp3 Anterior (nose) epidermal syncytium 3 1 C. elegans
Hyp2 Anterior (nose) epidermal syncytium 2 1 C. elegans
Hyp1 Anterior (nose) epidermal syncytium 1 1 C. elegans
e1 Anterior stomatal epithelial cell 1 C. elegans, other rhabditids, diplogasterids
e2 Marginal cell 3 All taxa
e3 Posterior stomatal epithelial cell 1 C. elegans, other rhabditids, diplogasterids
ma Most anterior stomatal muscle 3 A. complexus, other cephalobids
mb Second most anterior stomatal muscle 3 A. complexus, other cephalobids
m1 Most anterior stomatal muscle 3 C. elegans, other rhabditids, diplogasterids
m2 Second most anterior stomatal muscle 3 C. elegans, other rhabditids, diplogasterids