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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Dec 10.
Published in final edited form as: Soil Org. 2008 Jan;80(1):81–99.

Tab. 2.

Morphometric data from Suturothrix monoarmata. Upper line: Singapore population; middle line: Thailand population; lower line: Brazil population

Characteristica ×‒ M SD SE CV Min Max n
Body. length 76.4 79 10.7 2.7 13.9 55 89 16
64.7 65 8.7 2 13.5 45 78 19
69.7 65 15.9 3.7 22.8 43 110 19
Body, width 8.1 8 1.3 0.3 16.1 7 11 16
10.4 10 2.1 0.5 19.9 7 14 19
11.5 11 2.8 0.7 24.7 8 20 19
Body length : width, ratio 9.6 9.6 1.8 0.5 18.8 6.3 12.6 16
6.4 5.9 1.5 0.4 23.9 4.6 9.1 19
6.5 6.1 2.4 0.6 37.5 3.2 12.2 19
Oral bulge, width 2.5 2.5 - - - 2 3 16
2.4 2.5 - - - 1.5 3 19
2.6 2.5 - - - 2 3 19
Oral bulge, height 0.9 1 - - - 0.5 1 16
1.1 1 - - - 0.7 2 19
1.1 1 - - - 1 1.5 19
Anterior body end to macronucleus,
distance		 23.4 21 5.8 1.5 24.7 12 36 16
19.2 17 6.8 1.6 35.5 13 40 19
20.6 23 4.9 1.1 23.7 11 26 19
Macronucleus figure,
length		 38.3 37.5 7.3 1.8 19.2 30 51 16
31.7 29 8.8 2 27.7 22 49 19
38.2 35 9.9 2.3 26 23 60 19
Macronucleus
nodules, length		 6.3 6 2.4 0.6 38.3 3 13 16
6.2 6 2.8 0.7 45.7 3 13 19
5.8 5 2 0.5 35 3 10 19
Macronucleus
nodules, width		 3.2 3 0.6 0.1 18 2 4 16
3.2 3 0.8 0.2 23.8 2 5 19
3 3 0.6 0.1 19 2 4 19
Macronucleus
nodules, number		 10.4 10.5 2.6 0.7 25.4 5 14 16
8.1 9 2.8 0.7 35.2 2 12 19
13.9 14 2.3 0.5 16.3 10 18 19
Micronucleus, length 1.5 1.5 - - - 1 2 16
1.6 1.5 - - - 1.2 2 19
2 2 - - - 1.5 2.2 19
Micronucleus, width 1.4 1.5 - - - 1 1.5 16
1.4 1.3 - - - 1 2 19
1.6 1.5 - - - 1 2 19
Micronucleus,
number		 5.4 5.5 1.4 0.3 25.1 4 9 16
5.3 5 1.2 0.3 23.6 2 7 19
4.8 5 1.2 0.3 25.1 2 7 19
Ciliary rows, number 11.6 12 0.7 0.2 6.3 10 12 16
11.2 11 1 0.2 8.6 10 13 19
11 11 0.8 0.2 6.8 10 13 19
Ciliary rows, number of kinetids
in a ventral row b 		53.9 53 10.3 2.6 19.1 36 73 16
48.3 50 8.9 2.1 18.5 31 62 19
47.4 46 9.7 2.2 20.5 27 64 19
Dorsal brush rows, number 3 3 0 0 0 3 3 16
3.5 3 0.7 0.2 19 2 5 14
3 3 0 0 0 3 3 19
Dorsal brush row 1, length c 10.6 10 1.5 0.4 13.8 8 13 16
8.9 9 2.3 0.6 26.2 4 13 14
10.1 10 1.2 0.3 11.9 8 13 19
Dorsal brush row 1,
number of dikinetids		 5.6 5.5 0.8 0.2 14.6 4 7 16
4.8 5 1.4 0.4 28.6 2 7 14
5.2 5 1.1 0.3 20.8 3 7 19
Dorsal brush row 1,
number of monokinetids d 		0.5 0.5 - - - 0 4 16
0.1 0 - - - 0 1 14
0.1 0 - - - 0 1 19
Dorsal brush row 2, length c 14.8 15 2.2 0.6 15 10 19 16
12 11.5 2.1 0.6 17.3 8 15 14
13.3 13 1.5 0.3 10.9 11 17 19
Dorsal brush row 2,
number of dikinetids		 9 9 1.7 0.4 19 5 12 16
10.1 10 2.4 0.7 24.1 6 14 14
8.2 8 1.3 0.3 16 5 11 19
Dorsal brush row 2,
number of monokinetids d 		5.4 6 1.7 0.4 30.8 2 8 16
0.8 0 - - - 0 4 14
5.2 5 1.7 0.4 32.4 2 9 19
Dorsal brush row 2, number of triads 0.8 0 - - - 0 5 16
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14
4.3 5 1.3 0.3 30.1 2 6 19
Dorsal brush row 3, length c 13.2 13 2.3 0.6 17.1 8 18 16
10.3 10.5 2.4 0.7 23.6 6 14 14
12.4 12 1.7 0.4 13.8 10 17 19
Dorsal brush row 3,
number of dikinetids		 7.5 7.5 1.6 0.4 21.2 5 12 16
7.6 8 1.7 0.4 21.5 5 11 14
7.3 7 1.2 0.3 16.5 5 9 19
Dorsal brush row 3,
number of monokinetids d 		4.1 4 1.4 0.4 35.4 0 6 16
2.9 3 1.8 0.5 64.2 0 5 14
4.6 4 1.3 0.3 28.1 2 8 19
Dorsal brush, distance from anterior end of kineties to
first dikinetid of row 1		 5 5 0.6 0.1 11.6 3.5 6 19
4.2 4 1.7 0.4 39.2 2.5 10 19
5.3 5.5 0.9 0.2 17.5 3 6.5 19
Dorsal brush, distance from anterior end of kineties to
first dikinetid of row 2		 2.6 2.5 0.4 0.1 14.8 2 3.5 19
2.2 2 0.6 0.1 25.6 1.5 3 19
3.1 3 0.6 0.1 18.8 1.5 4 19
Dorsal brush, distance from anterior end of kineties to
first dikinetid of row 3		 1.8 2 0.4 0.1 21 1 2.5 19
1.6 1.5 0.6 0.1 34.5 1 3 19
2 2 0.6 0.1 27.9 1 3.5 19
a

Data based on mounted, protargol-impregnated (Foissner’s specimens from non-flooded Petri dish cultures. Measurements in μm. CV: coefficient of variation in %, M: median, Max: maximum, Min: minimum, n: number of specimens investigated, SD: standard deviation, SE: standard error of mean, – arithmetic mean.

b

Very closely spaced (di)kinetids counted as 1 kinetid if only one basal body was ciliated.

c

In specimens with more that 3 rows, the supposed extra rows (often recognisable by some malformations) were omitted. Length measured from begin of ciliary rows to last dikinetid.

d

Only those which are within the dikinetidal part were counted, i.e., monokinetids at anterior and posterior end of brush rows were excluded.