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Table 3. Measurements for adult Echinoderes serratulus sp. nov. (in micrometers). Columns N and SD are sample size and standard deviation, respectively.

Character N Range Mean SD
TL 5 321-359 348 15.32
MSW-6 5 62-69 66 3.09
MSW-6/TL 5 17.9-19.9% 18.9% 1.00%
SW-10 5 54-59 56 1.76
SW-10/TL 5 15.1-17.0% 16.1% 0.81%
S1 5 36-39 37 1.25
S2 5 33-37 35 1.82
S3 5 28-31 30 1.21
S4 5 31-34 33 1.28
S5 5 34-38 37 1.68
S6 5 38-42 40 1.51
S7 5 40-48 45 2.86
S8 5 46-53 50 2.67
S9 5 47-53 50 2.37
S10 5 44-46 45 0.66
S11 5 44-48 46 1.75
MD4 (ac) 5 10-14 12 1.68
LV5 (tu) 5 11-13 12 1.14
SL6 (ac) 5 9-12 10 1.53
SL7 (ac) 5 9-13 11 1.71
LV8 (tu) 5 9-13 12 1.59
ML9 (tu) 5 16-21 19 1.96
LD10 (tu) (m) 3 39-41 40 1.11
LD10 (tu) (f) 2 16-17 17 0.96
LTS 5 44-49 46 1.65
LTAS 2 20-21 20 0.66
LTS/TL 5 12.4-14.7% 13.4% 0.86%
LTAS/TL 2 5.6-5.8% 5.7% 0.11%

Abbreviations: (ac), acicular spine; (f), female; LD, length of laterodorsal tubule; LTAS, length of lateral terminal accessory spine; LTS, length of lateral terminal spine; LV, length of lateroventral tubule; (m), male; MD: length of middorsal acicular spine; ML, length of midlateral tubule; MSW, maximum sternal width; S, segment length; SL, length of sublateral acicular spine; SW, standard width; TL, trunk length; (tu), tubule.