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Morphometric measurements of the Pristionchus species |
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| P. aerivorus (Cobb in Meirill & Ford 1916) |
P. aerivorus RS 5106 |
P. pseudaerivorus RS 5139 |
P. marianneae RS 5108 |
P. paulii RS 5130 |
P. americanus RS 5140 |
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| females |
males |
females |
males |
females |
males |
females |
males |
females |
males |
females |
males |
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| L |
1500 |
800 |
1494 (1265–1683) |
992 (868–1101) |
1715 (1496–1934) |
1128 (850–1333) |
1277 (983–1496) |
878 (761–983) |
1437 (1077–1809) |
1018 (972–1069) |
1207 (882–1510) |
1103 (938–1392) |
| L' |
1305 |
712 |
1281 |
863 |
1542 |
1028 |
1113 |
795 |
1240 |
908 |
1042 |
989 |
| (1045–1464) |
(746–943) |
(1306–1731) |
(779–1212) |
(836–1290) |
(689–896) |
(898–1619) |
(851–950) |
(749–1329) |
(820–1282) |
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| mbd |
88.5 |
80 |
97(71–122) |
68(51–80) |
139(119–158) |
97(72–114) |
83(67–99) |
54(51–57) |
94(77–121) |
64(53–69) |
118(92–141) |
92(73–125) |
| sl |
12 |
7,2 |
7(4.9–9.3) |
5.6(4.2–7.6) |
7.9(6.9–9.3) |
6.7(5.4–7.8) |
8.4(7.6–9.6) |
7.5(6.1–10.2) |
9.6(7.8–11.5) |
8.9(7.0–10.1) |
11.6(10.1–14.7) |
8.1(6.1–11) |
| sd |
8(7–10) |
6(4–9) |
8(7–9) |
8(6–8) |
8(7–10) |
7(6–7) |
7(6–9) |
7(7–8) |
9.3(6.9–12.8) |
8.2(6.8–10.4) |
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| Pl |
180 |
120 |
176(168–184) |
153(144–159) |
193(183–198) |
174(160–188) |
176(157–189) |
154(142–163) |
208(184–229) |
184(172–191) |
181(163–199) |
176(160–190) |
| cl |
133.5 |
88 |
106(98–112) |
92(83–97) |
113(106–118) |
101(89–112) |
108(99–115) |
91(80–96) |
138(119–147) |
116(111–122) |
112(101–121) |
107(90–115) |
| c/p |
73.8 |
73.3 |
60(58–62) |
60(52–63) |
60(58–61) |
58(55–60) |
61(59–63) |
59(56–62) |
67(62–77) |
63(61–66) |
62(59–64) |
61(57–64) |
| mbbd |
33(29–36) |
23(20–26) |
32(29–36) |
26(22–29) |
33(28–36) |
25(23–27) |
33(27–41) |
27(25–30) |
30(27–33) |
24(21–28) |
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| tbd |
31(27–35) |
23(21–26) |
36(30–44) |
29(23–32) |
28(24–34) |
22(20–24) |
33(25–43) |
27(23–30) |
32(28–38) |
28(24–30) |
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| ae-v |
765 |
667(592–763) |
837(754–883) |
639(473–751) |
731(583–885) |
605(379–788) |
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| rl |
51(47–58) |
44(41–48) |
45(35–56) |
44(35–48) |
43(37–49) |
38(35–42) |
40(33–46) |
36(31–44) |
43(31–53) |
43(33–54) |
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| abd |
39 |
36.8 |
39(34–48) |
36(33–39) |
49(44–53) |
51(44–58) |
38(33–41) |
40(39–41) |
40(32–49) |
42(37–47) |
46(38–55) |
46(35–59) |
| spic |
55.2 |
57(52–62) |
60(50–68) |
52(46–55) |
50(40–58) |
50(46–57) |
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| gub |
18.4 |
25(24–26) |
25(23–29) |
25(23–30) |
24(17–29) |
22(20–24) |
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Legend: L: total length; L': head to anus; mbd: max body diameter; sl: stoma length; sd: stoma diameter; pl: pharynx length; cl: corpus length; c/p: corpus length/pharynx length in %; mbbd: median bulb diameter; tbbd: terminal bulb diameter; ae-v: head to vulva; rl: rectum length; abd; anal body diameter; spic: spiculum length; gub: gubernaculum length; measurements are given in μm; average in front of and minima/maxima in parenthesis. | ||||||||||||
Herrmann et al. Frontiers in Zoology 2006 3:14 doi:10.1186/1742-9994-3-14 |
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