Skip to main content

Table 9 Morphometrics of Desmodora marci, Lucky Strike

From: Free-living nematode species (Nematoda) dwelling in hydrothermal sites of the North Mid-Atlantic Ridge

Character

Males

Females

n

Min–max

Mean

SD

CV

n

Min–max

Mean

SD

CV

L

16

1825–2525

2135

158

7.42

13

1855–2360

2070

146

7.06

a

16

30.3–41.5

35.7

3.27

9.16

13

21.6–45.3

30.3

6.30

20.8

b

16

9.05–11.6

10.7

0.68

6.37

13

8.54–12.1

10.3

0.91

8.84

c

16

9.8–13.5

11.6

1.01

8.68

13

9.89–12.5

11.0

0.87

7.88

c′

14

4.90–6.78

5.80

0.60

10.3

13

5.81–7.50

6.63

0.57

8.60

V  %

–

–

–

–

–

13

46.6–57.4

53.6

2.59

4.83

Body diameter at level of cephalic setae

15

20.0–28.0

23.3

2.18

9.36

13

20.9–24.0

22.4

1.04

4.64

Body diameter at level of nerve ring

11

36.0–50.0

41.9

3.76

8.97

11

38.0–54.0

45.5

4.73

10.4

Body diameter at level of cardia

14

34.3–50.4

46.4

2.42

5.21

13

40.0–52.7

46.6

3.19

6.85

Midbody diameter

16

44.0–71.2

60.5

7.68

12.8

13

41.0–91.0

71.0

14.7

20.7

Anal body diameter

14

28.0–36.0

31.7

2.51

7.91

13

25.0–36.0

29.7

3.09

10.4

Cephalic capsule length

14

16.0–21.0

18.1

1.40

7.74

13

15.0–21.0

17.2

1.83

10.6

Length of cephalic setae

16

5.0–7.1

6.4

0.76

11.9

13

4.3–7.0

5.84

0.84

14.4

Width of amphideal fovea

13

7.0–9.6

8.2

0.86

10.5

12

7.00–9.00

7.98

0.75

9.40

Width of amphideal fovea as percentage of c.b.d., %

12

25.9–34.6

29.8

3.26

10.9

11

25.0–34.6

29.7

3.17

16.7

Distance from cephalic apex to anterior rim of amphideal fovea

11

6.0–10.0

8.11

1.31

16.2

12

5.0–12.3

8.64

2.45

28.4

Length of terminal pharyngeal bulb

15

38.0–54.1

47.3

4.01

8.48

13

43.8–56.0

49.1

3.76

7.66

Width of terminal pharyngeal bulb

15

34.0–45.0

38.4

2.77

7.21

13

34.8–38.2

36.6

1.25

3.42

Length of cardia

15

10.0–19.7

13.6

3.00

22.1

13

9.2–22.0

14.8

3.62

24.5

Spicule’s length along arch

14

58.5–72.0

65.0

4.14

6.37

–

–

–

–

–

Gubernaculum’s length

15

17.0–25.0

21.4

2.51

11.7

9

21.1–24.2

22.4

0.99

4.42

  1. Measures in µm except for ratios