Table 2.
Morphometric data on large specimens (upper line) and small specimens (lower line) of an alpine population of Leptopharynx costatus costatus.
| Characteristicsa | M | SD | SE | CV | Min | Max | n | % increaseb | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Body, length | 40.8 | 41.0 | 2.2 | 0.6 | 5.4 | 36.0 | 45.0 | 12 | 79.7 |
| 22.7 | 21.0 | 3.3 | 1.3 | 14.4 | 19.0 | 28.0 | 6 | ||
| Body, width | 30.2 | 30.0 | 1.5 | 0.4 | 4.9 | 27.0 | 32.0 | 12 | 101.3 |
| 15.0 | 14.0 | 2.8 | 1.1 | 18.4 | 13.0 | 20.0 | 6 | ||
| Body length: width, ratio | 1.4 | 1.4 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 3.0 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 12 | −6.6 |
| 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 5.9 | 1.4 | 1.6 | 6 | ||
| Anterior body end to adoral membranelles, distance | 12.8 | 13.0 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 8.7 | 11.0 | 15.0 | 12 | 120.7 |
| 5.8 | 6.0 | 1.3 | 0.5 | 22.8 | 4.0 | 8.0 | 6 | ||
| Body length: anterior body end to adoral membranelles, ratio | 3.2 | 3.1 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 7.9 | 2.9 | 3.7 | 12 | −20 |
| 4.0 | 3.9 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 12.5 | 3.5 | 4.8 | 6 | ||
| Anterior body end to macronucleus, distance | 13.6 | 13.0 | 1.3 | 0.4 | 9.7 | 11.0 | 16.0 | 12 | 63.8 |
| 8.3 | 8.0 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 12.4 | 7.0 | 1.0 | 6 | ||
| Anterior body end to excretory pore of contractile vacuole, distance | 20.4 | 20.0 | 1.9 | 0.6 | 9.2 | 18.0 | 23.0 | 9 | |
| Not recognizable | |||||||||
| Macronucleus, length | 9.2 | 9.0 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 9.1 | 8.0 | 10.0 | 12 | 58.6 |
| 5.8 | 6.0 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 12.9 | 5.0 | 7.0 | 6 | ||
| Macronucleus, width | 8.4 | 8.0 | – | – | – | 8.0 | 9.0 | 12 | 68 |
| 5.0 | 5.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 6 | ||
| Micronucleus, diameter | 2.1 | 2.0 | – | – | – | 2.0 | 3.0 | 12 | 16.6 |
| 1.8 | 1.8 | – | – | – | 1.5 | 2.0 | 6 | ||
| Oral basket, width | 3.4 | 3.0 | – | – | – | 3.0 | 4.0 | 12 | 21.4 |
| 2.8 | 3.0 | – | – | – | 2.0 | 3.0 | 6 | ||
| Somatic kineties, number | 9.0 | 9.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 12 | 0.0 |
| 9.0 | 9.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 6 | ||
| Somatic kinety 1, number of dikinetids | 7.0 | 7.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 12 | 0.0 |
| 7.0 | 7.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 6 | ||
| Somatic kinety 1, number of monokinetids | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 12 | 0.0 |
| 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 6 | ||
| Somatic kinety 2, number of dikinetids | 6.6 | 6.0 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 10.2 | 6.0 | 8.0 | 12 | 57.1 |
| 4.2 | 4.0 | – | – | – | 4.0 | 5.0 | 6 | ||
| Somatic kinety 2, number of monokinetids | 12.7 | 12.0 | 1.7 | 0.5 | 13.2 | 9.0 | 15.0 | 12 | 76.4 |
| 7.2 | 7.0 | 1.7 | 0.7 | 24.0 | 5.0 | 10.0 | 6 | ||
| Somatic kinety 3, number of dikinetids | 4.3 | 4.0 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 20.5 | 3.0 | 6.0 | 12 | 53.6 |
| 2.8 | 3.0 | – | – | – | 2.0 | 3.0 | 6 | ||
| Somatic kinety 3, number of monokinetids | 25.2 | 26.0 | 3.1 | 0.9 | 12.2 | 19.0 | 29.0 | 12 | 93.8 |
| 13.0 | 11.0 | – | – | – | 7.0 | 24.0 | 6 | ||
| Somatic kinety 4, number of monokinetids (does not have dikinetids) | 42.1 | 42.0 | 3.6 | 1.0 | 8.4 | 37.0 | 48.0 | 12 | 45.2 |
| 29.0 | 27.0 | 5.7 | 2.3 | 19.5 | 23.0 | 36.0 | 6 | ||
| Somatic kinety 5, number of monokinetids (does not have dikinetids) | 13.0 | 13.0 | 1.2 | 0.4 | 9.3 | 12.0 | 16.0 | 12 | 30.0 |
| 10.0 | 10.0 | 1.3 | 0.5 | 12.7 | 8.0 | 12.0 | 6 | ||
| Somatic kinety 6, number of monokinetids (does not have dikinetids) | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 12 | 0.0 |
| 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 6 | ||
| Somatic kinety 7, number of monokinetids (does not have dikinetids) | 10.2 | 10.0 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 8.2 | 9.0 | 12.0 | 12 | 9.7 |
| 9.3 | 9.0 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 5.5 | 9.0 | 10.0 | 6 | ||
| Somatic kinety 8, number of monokinetids (does not have dikinetids) | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 12 | 0.0 |
| 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 6 | ||
| Somatic kinety 9, number of monokinetids in posterior segment | 7.3 | 7.0 | 1.2 | 0.4 | 16.8 | 6.0 | 9.0 | 12 | 32.7 |
| 5.5 | 5.0 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 22.3 | 5.0 | 8.0 | 6 | ||
| Preoral ciliary rows, number | 4.0 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 12 | 0.0 |
| 4.0 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 6 | ||
| Preoral kinety 1, number of dikinetids (does not have monokinetids) | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 12 | 0.0 |
| 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 6 | ||
| Preoral kinety 2, number of dikinetids | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 12 | 0.0 |
| 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 6 | ||
| Preoral kinety 2, number of monokinetids | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 12 | 0.0 |
| 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 6 | ||
| Preoral kinety 3, number of dikinetids | 4.0 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 12 | 0.0 |
| 4.0 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 6 | ||
| Preoral kinety 3, number of monokinetids | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 12 | 0.0 |
| 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 6 | ||
| Preoral kinety 4, number of dikinetids (for monokinetids, see postoral complex) | 4.0 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 12 | 0.0 |
| 4.0 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 6 | ||
| Oral primordium, number of dikinetids in posterior part | 4.3 | 4.0 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 11.4 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 12 | 22.9 |
| 3.5 | 3.0 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 15.7 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 6 | ||
| Oral primordium, number of monokinetids in posterior part | 0.9 | 1.0 | – | – | – | 0.0 | 0.1 | 12 | 200 |
| 0.3 | 0.0 | – | – | – | 0.0 | 1.0 | 6 | ||
| Adoral membranelle 2, number of basal body rows | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 12 | 0.0 |
| 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 6 | ||
| Adoral membranelle 2, number of basal bodies | 12.0 | 12.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 12 | 0.0 |
| 12.0 | 12.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 6 | ||
| Adoral membranelle 3, number of basal body rows | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 12 | 0.0 |
| 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 6 | ||
| Adoral membranelle 3, number of basal bodies | 12.0 | 12.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 12 | 0.0 |
| 12.0 | 12.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 6 | ||
| Left row of postoral complex, number of monokinetids c | 6.1 | 6.0 | – | – | – | 6.0 | 7.0 | 12 | 1.6 |
| 6.0 | 6.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 6 | ||
| Right row of postoral complex, number of dikinetids d | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 12 | 0.0 |
| 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 6 | ||
| Basal bodies, total number e | 201.9 | 202.0 | 10.5 | 3.0 | 5.2 | 183.0 | 218.0 | 12 | 30.0 |
| 155.3 | 150.0 | 15.1 | 6.2 | 9.7 | 144.0 | 185.0 | 6 | ||
a
Data based on mounted, protargol-impregnated, and randomly selected specimens from a non-flooded Petri dish culture. 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
The increase in the mean value for the large specimens relative to the small specimens.
c
Without basal bodies of group C.
d
This is the anterior segment of somatic kinety 9.
e
Except of basal bodies of adoral membranelles.