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. 2022 Mar 16;10:e13010. doi: 10.7717/peerj.13010

Table 1. Morphometrics of Onyx disparamphis sp. n. type specimens.

Character Holotype male Males (holotype and paratypes together) Female paratypes
n min–max mean SD CV n min–max mean SD CV
Body length, µm 840 18 7503–1014 873 60.5 6.94 13 695–889 800 55.1 6.89
a 33.1 17 28.8–40.5 34.0 3.26 9.58 13 20.0–27.8 22.5 2.15 9.54
b 5.46 17 4.66–6.26 5.55 0.37 6.67 13 4.59–5.40 4.98 0.26 5.22
c 13.8 17 9.35–13.8 11.2 1.26 11.3 12 9.71–14.2 11.4 1.16 10.2
c’ 3.54 13 2.48–4.34 3.47 0.54 15.6 12 2.48–4.11 3.36 0.39 11.6
V, % 12 46.4–53.5 50.6 2.24 4.43
Body diameter at the level of the subcephalic setae, µm 24 12 20.0—25.9 23.9 1.83 7.66 10 22.0–34.0 27.7 3.67 13.3
Body diameter at the level of the nerve ring, µm 26 18 23.4–28.9 26.0 1.31 5.04 13 27.6–31.4 29.4 1.17 3.98
Body diameter at the level of the cardia, µm 26 18 24.1–30.0 26.1 1.37 5.24 13 29.0–37.0 32.5 2.38 7.33
Body diameter at the level of the midbody, µm 25 17 23.9–28.0 25.7 1.05 4.09 13 32.0–40.0 35.6 1.85 5.19
Body diameter at the level of the cloaca/anus, µm 23 13 21.0–25.6 23.3 1.33 5.72 13 19.0–25.0 21.4 1.59 7.45
Cephalic setae length, µm 12 16 9.30–14.2 11.4 1.22 10.7 11 6.50–13.0 10.2 1.98 19.3
Subcephalic setae length, µm 13 12 8.40–13.4 11.8 1.37 11.6 6 9.60-12.5 10.5 1.10 10.5
Amphid width anteriorly, µm 6 5 5.30–7.50 6.54 0.88 13.5 5 6.80–8.00 7.34 0.61 8.31
Amphid furrow length, µm 73 13 340–100 73.0 16.6 22.8
Stoma total length, µm 53 16 42.0–66.0 49.8 6.52 13.1 12 43.6–62.0 53.0 5.51 10.4
Dorsal tooth length ventrally, µm 9 14 26.8–39.6 34.4 3.48 10.1 11 33.0–40.3 29.4 12.2 41.7
Dorsal tooth length dorsally, µm 40 14 6.80–9.80 8.30 0.97 11.7 12 5.00–19.9 9.67 3.96 41.0
Terminal bulb length, µm 41 17 38.6–50.0 44.5 3.19 7.17 13 49.2–62.0 55.4 4.15 7.50
Terminal bulb width, µm 18 18 15.5–19.9 17.1 1.12 6.53 13 17.8–27.0 22.9 2.42 10.6
Number of precloacal supplements 18 13 14–19 16.9 1.52 9.02
Spicules, length along the arc, µm 35 16 33.2–40.0 36.3 1.91 5.26
Spicules, length along the chord, µm 26 16 23.4–30.4 26.7 1.99 7.45
Gubernaculum length, µm 16 16 12.3–19.5 15.5 1.97 12.7

Notes.

n, number of individuals; min–max, range, SD, standard deviation; CV, coefficient of variation (SD divided by mean, in %%)