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Table 2 Acantholaimus angustus Bussau, 1993

From: Seven new and four known species of the genus Acantholaimus (Nematoda: Chromadoridae) from the abyssal manganese nodule field (Clarion-Clipperton Fracture Zone, North-Eastern Tropical Pacific)

Specimen No.

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Station

MTB-7

MTB-1

MTB-1

MTB-17

MTB-6

MTB-1

MTB-8

PL-1599/7

MTB-18

MTB-11

Slide number

1-88

1-32

1-26

2-41

2-95

1-31

3-5

5-60

1-64

1-60

Sex

m

m

m

m

i

f

f

f

f

f

L

n.a.

775

715

910

719

818

768

627

747

809

L

513

485

528

517

534

592

499

473

506

604

Amphidial width

10.0

9.0

10.5

8.5

9.0

6.0

8.5

7.5

8.0

8.0

Amphidial length

11.0

10.0

11.5

9.5

10.5

6.0

8.5

7.5

8.0

8.0

Length of inner labial setae

n.a.

1.0

n.a.

n.a.

1.0

n.a.

1.0

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

Length of outer labial setae

9

6

7

9

9

n.a.

7

5

5

4

Length of cephalic setae

16

12

15

16

12

n.a.

12

9

12

11

Length of ventral pair of cervical setae

5–8

8–9

6–7

9–10

6–7

8–9

6–8

4–6

5–6

8–9

Length of somatic setae

7

8

7

7–10

8

7

6–8

6–7

8

Length of spicule in chord

18

18

20

23

20

Length of spicule in arc

25

25

26

32

26

Length of gubernaculum

12

10

13

14

10

Distance from anterior end to amphid

9

10

9

7

9

9

6

8

4

7

Diameter at level of cephalic setae

5.0

6.0

4.5

6.0

5.5

5.0

6.0

6.0

6.0

6.5

Diameter at level of first ring of cephalic setae

4.0

4.5

4.0

5.0

5.0

3.5

5

5

4

5

Diameter at level of middle of amphid

11

10

11

11

10

9

10

10

10

9

Diameter at level of cardia

20

17

19

17

20

17

18

19

18

18

Diameter at level of anus

17

16

16

16

18

14

13

15

13

16

Maximum body diameter

26

21

20

19

26

21

22

27

20

23

a

n.a.

36.9

35.8

47.9

27.7

39.0

34.9

23.2

37.4

35.2

b

n.a.

7.8

6.7

9.0

6.7

9.2

7.5

6.5

6.9

7.4

c

n.a.

2.7

3.8

2.3

3.9

3.6

2.9

4.1

3.1

3.9

V

45.8

37.2

38.8

47.0

41.0

31.0

a

19.7

23.1

26.4

27.2

20.5

28.2

22.7

17.5

25.3

26.3

b

5.0

4.9

5.0

5.1

4.9

6.7

4.8

4.9

4.7

5.5

c

n.a.

18.1

11.7

24.6

10.3

16.1

20.7

10.3

18.5

8.9

V

61.6

51.4

59.7

62.4

60.5

41.6

Notes

Broken tail

         
  1. Number of stations where specimens were found, measurements (in μm) and body indices