Table 2. Morphometric data for the eggs of the new species, including the number of measurements for each character, the range of the measurements, the mean and standard deviation. M. vattenrikense sp. nov.P. marchelmoni sp. nov.nRange (µm)Mean ± SD (µm)nRange (µm)Mean ± S D (µm)Egg bare diameter662.3–78.274.0 ± 6.21367.0–92.477.2 ± 7.5Egg full diameter674.0–90.586.4 ± 6.41392.5–115.0102.2 ± 8.6Process height186.0–7.36.7 ± 0.44010.0–16.513.0 ± 1.6Process base width186.0–7.26.8 ± 0.43921.3–30.024.1 ± 2.4Process width/height180.86–1.171.01 ± 0.10391.44–2.251.86 ± 0.23Terminal disk width183.2–4.84.0 ± 0.5–––Interprocess distance182.9–4.23.5 ± 0.4304.0–10.05.8 ± 1.1Processes on circumference623–2524.2 ± 1.01410–1211.1 ± 0.9

Published as part of Hulterström, Jens, Guidetti, Roberto, Jönsson, K. Ingemar & Atherton, Sarah, 2025, Integrative taxonomy supports the description of two new species of Macrobiotidae (Tardigrada, Eutardigrada) from Kristianstads Vattenrike Biosphere Reserve in Sweden, pp. 17 in European Journal of Taxonomy 1030 on page 17, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.1030.3135, http://zenodo.org/record/17962351