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. 2015 Jun 29;10(6):e0131726. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0131726

Table 1. Morphometric data of Sinistrostrombidium cupiformum gen. nov., sp. nov. (first row) and Antestrombidium agathae gen. nov., sp. nov. (second row).

Characters Min Max Mean SD n
Length of cell (μm) 27 34 30.3 2.20 20
41 51 45.1 3.36 11
Width of cell (μm) 20 28 24.4 1.98 20
21 29 24.1 2.74 11
Distance from anterior end to cytostome (μm) 12 14 13.3 0.80 20
15 21 17.3 2.06 10
Length of ventral kinety (μm) 8 12 10.5 1.51 13
6 11 9.14 1.77 7
Number of anterior membranelles 11 13 11.9 0.49 20
15 21 18.1 1.87 11
Number of ventral membranelles 7 8 7.6 0.51 20
7 9 7.8 0.72 12
Number of dikinetids in girdle kinety 24 31 27.2 1.96 13
37 52 43.3 3.86 10
Number of dikinetids in circular kinety
25 34 28.5 2.58 11
Number of dikinetids in ventral kinety 9 14 11.8 1.54 13
10 16 11.9 1.76 9
Diameter of macronucleus (μm) 14 17 15.6 0.94 17
Length of macronucleus (μm)
13 17 15.1 1.45 11
Width of macronucleus (μm)
8 12 9.7 1.27 11

All data based on specimens stained with protargol; Max-maximum value observed; Mean-arithmetic mean; Min-minimum value observed; n-sample size; SD-standard deviation.—: data unavailable.