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Table 5 Number and size of needles in the sclerotic apparatus of the Coelogynopora species with a solar organ

From: Long-term change of meiofaunal species composition in a sandy beach, with description of 7 new species of Platyhelminthes

 

C. schulzii

C. solifer

C. visurgis

C. multispina

Solar organ

    

 Number of needles

40

28–30

25–30

64

 Needle size (µm)

40

45

10

20

Copulatory organ

    

 Number of spines

9

6

6–8

16

 Spine size (µm)

140

110

5–7

70–80

Accessory spines

    

 Number of spines

2

2

–

2

 Spine size (µm)

130

80

 

70–75

Source

Luther [43]

Sopott [73]

Sopott-Ehlers [75]

 
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