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Morphometrics of Longidorus azarbaijanensis n_ sp_ All measurements are in μm (except L in mm) and in the form: mean±SD (range)_
| Juvenile (Paratype) | Female | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Character | J1 | J2 | J3 | J4 | Holotype | Paratypes |
| n | 1 | 2 | 8 | 3 | – | 13 |
| L (mm) | – | – | 3.2±0.2 | 4.5±0.1 | 5.4 | 6.0±0.5 |
| 1.6 | 2.3, 2.4 | (3.0-3.6) | (4.4-4.6) | (5.4-6.8) | ||
| a | – | – | 127.2±7.1 | 148.5±14.7 | 181.5 | 166.6±13.4 |
| 95.1 | 114.5, 99.7 | (116.5-138.3) | (135.7-164.6) | (133.7-181.5) | ||
| b | – | – | 9.0±1.3 | 10.5±0.6 | 14.6 | 15.1±1.7 |
| 6.9 | 6.5, 6.5 | (7.7-11.4) | (9.9-11.1) | (12.1-17.3) | ||
| c | – | – | 83.9±10.1 | 128.2±5.2 | 147.2 | 178.9±21.4 |
| 43.7 | 58.7, 56.8 | (74.1-101.7) | (122.5-132.8) | (147.2-216.3) | ||
| c' | – | – | 2.1±0.3 | 1.6±0.1 | 1.7 | 1.4±0.2 |
| 3.1 | 2.6, 2.6 | (1.5-2.4) | (1.5-1.8) | (1.2-1.7) | ||
| V% | – | – | – | – | 56 | 54.7±1.5 |
| – | – | – | – | (52.0-56.4) | ||
| Lip region width | – | – | 10.4±0.6 | 11.3±0.6 | 11.5 | 11.7±0.7 |
| 8 | 10, 10 | (9.5-11.0) | (11-12) | (10.0-12.5) | ||
| Lip region height | – | – | – | – | 8 | 6.8±1.1 |
| – | – | – | – | (5-8) | ||
| Odontostyle length | – | – | 61.3±2.3 | 68.8±1.9 | 77 | 75.6±2.2 |
| 52 | 57, 56 | (58.0-64.5) | (67.5-71.0) | (73-81) | ||
| Odontophore length | – | – | 45.0±3.4 | 47.5±5.9 | 44 | 47.5±1.7 |
| 31 | 41, 41 | (42-52) | (42.5-54.0) | (44-50) | ||
| Replacement odontostyle | – | – | 69.2±2.0 | 78.7±2.5 | – | – |
| 58.5 | 60, 64 | (66.5-73.0) | (76-81) | – | ||
| Stylet total length | – | – | 106.1±5.0 | 116.3±6.0 | 121 | 123.0±2.5 |
| 83 | 97.5, 97.5 | (99.0-116.5) | (110-122) | (120-129) | ||
| Anterior end to guiding ring | – | – | – | – | 23 | 25.0±1.2 |
| – | – | – | – | (23-27) | ||
| Pharynx length | – | – | 357.5±33.0 | 430.0±15.6 | 372.5 | 401.2±28.2 |
| 235 | 350, 377 | (311-405) | (417.5-447.5) | (372.5-468.8) | ||
| Pharyngeal bulb length | – | – | – | – | 98 | 103.1±5.8 |
| – | – | – | – | (95.0-113.5) | ||
| Pharyngeal bulb width | – | – | – | – | 11 | 14.8±2.5 |
| – | – | – | – | (11-21) | ||
| Diam. at pharynx base | – | – | – | – | 26.5 | 29.4±3.8 |
| – | – | – | – | (26-39) | ||
| -at mid-body | – | – | 25.2±1.4 | 30.7±2.8 | 30 | 36.6±5.4 |
| 17 | 20.0, 24.5 | (23-27) | (27.5-32.5) | (30.0-49.5) | ||
| -at anus | – | – | 18.6±1.5 | 22.0±1.7 | 22 | 25.1±2.6 |
| 12 | 15.0, 16.5 | (17-22) | (20-23) | (22-32) | ||
| -at guiding ring level | – | – | – | – | 15 | 16.1±0.8 |
| – | – | – | – | (15.0-17.5) | ||
| Prerectum length | – | – | – | – | 437.5 | 331.5±80.4 |
| – | – | – | – | (240.0-457.5) | ||
| Rectum length | – | – | 20.1±2.4 | 26.0±1.7 | 26 | 27.4±3.6 |
| 16 | 13.5, 17.0 | (15-22) | (24-27) | (21-33) | ||
| Lip region-vulva | – | – | – | – | 3051.3 | 3303.6±249.5 |
| – | – | – | – | (2881.3-3618.8) | ||
| Hyaline part of tail | – | - | - | - | 7 | 7.8±0.8 |
| – | – | – | – | (7-9) | ||
| Tail | – | – | 38.4±2.9 | 35.3±0.6 | 37 | 34.0±2.8 |
| 37 | 39, 43 | (34-43) | (35-36) | (30-38) | ||