Table 1 Morphometrical characterization of Heterodeviata nantongensis nov. sp.

Body length

149

246

198.9

204

34.4

17.3

8.1

Body width

24

78

51.0

51

14.9

29.2

3.5

Body length:width, ratio

2.7

6.9

4.2

3.7

1.3

30.5

0.3

Length of AZM

24

34

28.0

28

3.2

11.4

0.8

AZM length: body length, ratio

0.11

0.21

0.15

0.15

0.03

0.22

0.008

Adoral membranelles, number

17

20

18.5

19

0.9

4.6

0.2

Macronuclear nodules, number

4

5

4.2

4

0.4

10.1

0.1

Macronuclear nodules, length in µm

14

36

21.1

20

5.7

27.3

1.4

Macronuclear nodules, width in µm

3

9

5.3

5

1.7

32.3

0.4

Micronuclei, number

2

2

2.0

2

0

0

0

Micronuclei, diameter in µm

2

5

3.0

3

0.7

24.0

0.2

Frontal cirri, number

3

3

3.0

3

0

0

0

Buccal cirrus, number

1

1

1.0

1

0

0

0

Parabuccal cirri, number

1

2

1.1

1

0.3

29.1

0.1

Frontoventral cirri, number

4

6

4.5

4

0.7

15.7

0.2

Anterior body end to end of FVR, distance

28

62

40

38

8.4

20.9

1.8

Left marginal rows, number

3

3

3.0

3

0

0

0

Cirri in LMR 1, number

15

22

18.6

19

1.9

10.3

0.5

Cirri in LMR 2, number

14

20

16.4

17

1.3

8.1

0.3

Cirri in LMR 3, number

13

20

15.6

15

1.7

10.8

0.4

Right marginal rows, number

2

2

2

2

0

0

0

Cirri in RMR 1, number

20

31

25.3

25

3.1

12.3

0.7

Cirri in RMR 2, number

20

30

24.9

25

2.7

11.0

0.6

Dorsal kineties, number

2

2

2

2

0

0

0

Dikinetids in dorsal kinety 1, number

9

14

11.6

11

1.5

12.6

0.3

Dikinetids in dorsal kinety 2, number

2

2

2

2

0

0

0

Caudal cirri, number

1

3

1.7

2

0.6

35.6

0.1