Table 1 in Morphological Redescription and SSU rDNA-based Phylogeny of Two Freshwater Ciliates, Uronema nigricans and Lembadion lucens (Ciliophora, Oligohymenophorea), with Discussion on the Taxonomic Status of Uronemita sinensis

Table 1. Morphometric data of Uronema nigricans (Müller, 1786) Florentin, 1901 (upper line) and Lembadion lucens (Maskell, 1887) Kahl, 1931 (lower line) from life and after protargol staining. Some specific characters of these two species are shown separately.CharacteristicsaMinMaxMeanMedianSDCVnBody length (living cells) (μm)304033.6323.8511.45457055.6557.2613.19Body width (living cells) (μm)122015.2152.9519.45204030.6305.8319.19Body length (μm)253528.7302.609.115456053.0534.738.938Body width (μm)121815.3151.8712.215255040.1405.4613.638Oral length (μm)101311.5110.837.215304538.4403.388.835Oral length/Body length0.370.460.400.400.037.2150.580.900.730.730.0810.635Number of somatic kineties (SK)131514.3140.594.215253027.9281.134.034Number of kinetids in SK1151916.6160.995.915142324.3193.285.014Number of kinetids in SK mid121513.5130.926.815212718.5241.2017.722Uronema nigricansNumber of kinetids in SK n152017.3171.498.615Number of dikinetids in SK n3104.641.9943.315Number of dikinetids in SK14147.372.7638.015Number of dikinetids in SK mid2124.742.7658.415Diameter of macronucleus (μm)8119.6101.0611.015Lembadion lucensOral width (μm)203526.1254.5517.435Length of macronucleus (μm)153024.6254.2717.425width of macronucleus (μm)51510.9102.7725.525Diameter of micronucleus (μm)232.420.5322.07Number of kinety rows of caudal cilia222.020.000.030Number of basal bodies in caudal cilia row on dorsal side565.760.488.530Number of basal bodies in caudal cilia row on ventral side232.120.2512.330aCV, coefficient of variation in %; Max, maximum; Mean, arithmetic mean; Min, minimum; n, number of individuals examined; SD, standard deviation; SK 1, the kinety on right of buccal field; SK mid, the middle kinety on dorsal side; SK n, the kinety on left of buccal field.