TABLE 1.
Morphometric data of Protocruzia marianaensis sp. n. based on in vivo and protargol-impregnated specimens.
| Characters | Min | Max | Mean | Median | SD | CV | n |
| Body length (in vivo, μm) | 25 | 32 | 28.8 | 28.7 | 2.1 | 7.2 | 20 |
| Body width (in vivo, μm) | 14 | 17 | 15.7 | 15.6 | 0.9 | 5.6 | 20 |
| Buccal length (in vivo, μm) | 10 | 12 | 10.7 | 10.6 | 0.7 | 6.1 | 20 |
| Ratio of buccal length/body length (in vivo, %) | 33 | 43 | 36.5 | 37.0 | 3.5 | 9.7 | 20 |
| Body length (μm) | 18 | 24 | 21.4 | 22.0 | 2.4 | 11.4 | 20 |
| Body width (μm) | 11 | 16 | 13.4 | 13.0 | 1.9 | 14.2 | 20 |
| Buccal length (μm) | 8 | 13 | 10.9 | 11.0 | 1.6 | 14.3 | 20 |
| Ratio of buccal length/body length (%) | 35 | 47 | 41.9 | 43.1 | 4.9 | 11.7 | 20 |
| Number of adoral membranelles | 6 | 6 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 20 |
| Number of somatic kineties | 8 | 8 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 20 |
| Postoral dikinetids | 1 | 3 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.7 | 42.5 | 20 |
| Number of macronuclear globules | 7 | 11 | 8.5 | 8.0 | 1.3 | 15.3 | 20 |
| Macronuclei length (μm) | 6 | 9 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 0.8 | 11.7 | 20 |
| Macronuclei width (μm) | 5 | 7 | 5.8 | 6.0 | 0.7 | 11.8 | 20 |
CV, coefficient of variation in%; Max, maximum; Mean, arithmetic mean; Min, minimum; n, number of cells investigated; SD, standard deviation.