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Table 2 Morphometric data on Frontonia vernalis, Serchio population (IPSal+b) - Neotype, Italy

From: The neotypification of Frontonia vernalis (Ehrenberg, 1833) Ehrenberg, 1838 and the description of Frontonia paravernalis sp. nov. trigger a critical revision of frontoniid systematics

Characters \( \overline{\mathrm{X}} \) SD Min Max CV n
Body, lengtha 218.3 16.4 183.0 247.0 7.51 20
Body, widtha 99.5 14.3 73.3 120.0 14.4 20
Somatic ciliary rows, ventral side, number 66.7 3.9 60 72 5.8 12
Somatic ciliary rows, dorsal side, number 63.0 17.3 60 73 27.5 12
Excretory pores, number 1 0 1 1 0 15
Macronucleus, lengthb 75.9 8.0 62.0 85.5 10.5 18
Macronucleus, widthb 40.7 3.9 35.0 45.3 9.6 18
Micronucleus, number 5.1 1.9 3 9 36.6 16
Micronucleus size, lengthb 5.3 0.7 4.0 7.5 14.7 18
Micronucleus size, widthb 3.4 0.6 2.5 4.5 16.9 18
  1. Arithmetic mean, SD Standard deviation, Min Minimum, Max Maximum, CV Coefficient of variation in percentage, n Number of investigated cells
  2. aData based on Chatton–Lwoff silver-stained cells
  3. bMacro- and micronuclei were measured from Feulgen-stained ciliates. Measurements in μm
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