Occurrence of the newly described kinorhynch genus Meristoderes (Cyclorhagida: Echinoderidae) in Korea, with the description of four new species

Table 5 Measurements of female holotype and paratype of M. elleae sp. nov. from the East Sea and Korea Strait

Character	Length holotype	Length allotype	Length paratype
TL	236 μm	206 μm	249 μm
MSW-7	40 μm	37 μm	39 μm
MSW-7/TL	16.9 %	18.0 %	15.7 %
SW-10	37 μm	36 μm	37 μm
SW-10/TL	15.7 %	17.15 %	14.9 %
S1	27 μm	27 μm	29 μm
S2	25 μm	24 μm	25 μm
S3	24 μm	24 μm	27 μm
S4	25 μm	26 μm	27 μm
S5	26 μm	27 μm	30 μm
S6	28 μm	29 μm	30 μm
S7	29 μm	30 μm	32 μm
S8	32 μm	31 μm	31 μm
S9	33 μm	32 μm	35 μm
S10	31 μm	32 μm	35 μm
S11	29 μm	25 μm	28 μm
MD4 (ac)	Broken	54 μm	Broken
MD6 (ac)	73 μm	Broken	Broken
MD8 (ac)	Broken	Broken	63 μm
LV6 (ac)	24 μm	28 μm	Broken
LV7 (ac)	30 μm	33 μm	Broken
LV8 (ac)	31 μm	37 μm	42 μm
LV9 (ac)	37 μm	Broken	44 μm
LTS	115 μm	117 mm	119 μm
LTS/TL	49.0 %	56.8 %	47.8 %
LTAS (f)	31 μm	N/A	N/A

ac acicular spine, f female condition of sexual dimorphic character, LTAS lateral terminal accessory spine, LTS lateral terminal spine, LV lateroventral, MD middorsal, MSW-7 Maximum sternal width, measured on segment 7 in this species, S segment lengths, SW-10 standard width, always measured on segment 10, TL trunk length

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