Table 1.
Morphometric data characterizing Trimyema finlayi.
| Characteristics | Method |  |
M | SD | SE | CV | Min | Max | n |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Body length (μm) | IV | 34.2 | 34.0 | 2.9 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 27.7 | 39.9 | 60 |
| Body length (μm) | FF | 35.2 | 35.2 | 3.6 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 29.3 | 43.4 | 37 |
| Body width (μm) | IV | 22.1 | 22.1 | 2.1 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 17.6 | 26.6 | 60 |
| Body width (μm) | FF | 25.5 | 25.4 | 3.6 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 19.1 | 34.6 | 37 |
| Macronuclei number | SC | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 15 |
| Oral ciliary rows, number | SC | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 15 |
| Kinetids in oral ciliary row | SC | 44.3 | 45.0 | 2.1 | 1.2 | 0.0 | 42.0 | 46.0 | 3 |
| Ciliary girdles on cell body | SC | 4.0 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 15 |
| First ciliary girdle, number of kinetids | SC | 39.3 | 39.0 | 2.7 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 34.0 | 43.0 | 15 |
| Second ciliary girdle, number of kinetids | SC | 42.6 | 43.0 | 2.2 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 39.0 | 45.0 | 15 |
| Third ciliary girdle, number of kinetids | SC | 41.3 | 41.0 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 40.0 | 43.0 | 15 |
| Fourth ciliary girdle, number of kinetids | SC | 5.7 | 6.0 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 5.0 | 6.0 | 15 |
| Number of N kinetids | SC | 3.2 | 3.0 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 15 |
| Caudal cilia number | FF | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 37 |
mean; M, median; SD, standard deviation; SE, standard error; CV, coefficient of variation (%); Min, minimum; Max, maximum; n, number of cells analyzed. Methods: IV, in vivo; FF, fixed 4% formalin; SC, silver carbonate staining.