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Table 5 Stylet sizes in Promesostoma species with a branched stylet

From: Uncharted biodiversity in the marine benthos: the void of the smallish with description of ten new Platyhelminth taxa from the well-studied North Sea

 

Total stylet length (µm)

Position of stylet branch

Sources

P. balticum Luther, 1918

55/135

at \( {\raise0.7ex\hbox{$1$} \!\mathord{\left/ {\vphantom {1 3}}\right.\kern-0pt} \!\lower0.7ex\hbox{$3$}} \) length

Luther [36]

P. bipartitum Ax, 1956

80

at \( {\raise0.7ex\hbox{$1$} \!\mathord{\left/ {\vphantom {1 2}}\right.\kern-0pt} \!\lower0.7ex\hbox{$2$}} \) length

Ax [37]

P. cochleare Karling, 1935

140–155

(120–130)*

at \( {\raise0.7ex\hbox{$1$} \!\mathord{\left/ {\vphantom {1 4}}\right.\kern-0pt} \!\lower0.7ex\hbox{$4$}} \) length

Karling [38], Luther [36], *Ax [39]

P. paracochlearis Ax, 1952

210–233

at \( {\raise0.7ex\hbox{$1$} \!\mathord{\left/ {\vphantom {1 4}}\right.\kern-0pt} \!\lower0.7ex\hbox{$4$}} \) length

Ax [39]

P. wehrenbergi n. sp.

110–112

at \( {\raise0.7ex\hbox{$1$} \!\mathord{\left/ {\vphantom {1 2}}\right.\kern-0pt} \!\lower0.7ex\hbox{$2$}} \) length

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