
TABLE 1. Morphometrics (μm) of Batillipes kalami sp. nov., n, number of specimens observed. CharactersHolotype femaleParatypes average females, n =5Paratypes average males, n =4Voucher No.VD9VD10, 11, 13, 15, 18VD12, 14, 16, 17Body length170.2164.2 ± 4.9162.5 ± 5.1Body width51.549.5 ± 2.849.8 ± 2.7Cephalic region width45.444.9 ± 2.145.2 ± 2.3Median cirrus9.89.7 ± 0.79.8 ± 0.9Internal cirri12.712.5 ± 1.212.2 ± 0.9External cirri12.111.8 ± 1.511.9 ± 1.2Lateral cirri29.327.9 ± 0.928.0 ± 1.1Primary clavae11.710.9 ± 0.911.4 ± 1.0Cirri E22.520.9 ± 1.521.9 ± 1.2Caudal apparatus23.422.5 ± 3.922.8 ± 4.2Body projection 19.99.6 ± 1.19.6 ± 1.0Body projection 29.49.2 ± 1.59.2 ± 1.3Body projection 311.511.6 ± 1.311.8 ± 1.4Body projection 49.79.6 ± 0.89.5 ± 1.0Body projection 518.418.2 ± 1.418.7 ± 2.0Leg I–III: Toe 18.77.9 ± 0.98.0 ± 1.0Toe 26.16.1 ± 0.76.6 ± 0.8Toe 311.210.8 ± 0.811.7 ± 0.9Toe 465.9 ± 0.46.0 ± 0.6Toe 517.115.5 ± 1.016.1 ± 1.0Toe 611.810.1 ± 0.99.4 ± 1Leg IV: Toe 17.47.6 ± 1.07.7 ± 1.1Toe 211.911.7 ± 1.112.1 ± 0.7Toe 35.65.9 ± 0.96.1 ± 1.0Toe 45.55.6 ± 1.05.4 ± 0.8Toe 512.913.0 ± 1.212.2 ± 1.0Toe 67.37.3 ± 0.87.4 ± 0.9Leg I spine9.510.0 ± 1.69.9 ± 1.0Leg II spine12.812.7 ± 2.112.5 ± 1.8Leg III spine10.111.2 ± 1.411.9 ± 1.3Leg IV sense organ11.711.3 ± 1.812.1 ± 1.9
Published as part of Vishnudattan, N. K., Rubal, Marcos & Nandan, S. Bijoy, 2023, A new species of Batillipes (Arthrotardigrada: Batillipedidae) from the mid littoral zone of the southeast coast of India, pp. 168 in Zootaxa 5346 (2) on page 168, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5346.2.4, http://zenodo.org/record/8354610
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