Using ITS2 secondary structures to identify three new species in ParamacrobiotusOrganisms Diversity & Evolution

R. O. Schill, F. Förster, T. Dandekar,M. Wolf*

* Department of Bioinformatics, Biocenter, University of Würzburg, Germany; e-mail:

Supplementary Table 2.Meristic data of tardigrade egg specimens from laboratory cultures of R. O. Schill (Dept. of Zoology, Biological Institute, Universität Stuttgart, Germany)

Species / Former
P.‘richtersi group’ nr. / Mean diameter of egg
without processes [µm] / Mean diameter of egg withprocesses [µm] / Mean nr. of processes oncircumferences / Mean nr. of processses onhemisphere / Mean process height[µm] / Mean basal diameter ofprocesses [µm] / Mean diameter of distalextremity [µm]
Paramacrobiotus kenianus sp. nov. / 1 / 86.26 / 111.34 / 21 / 15 / 15.34 / 18.11 / 6.73
Paramacrobiotus kenianus sp. nov. / 1 / 69.70 / 110.95 / 22 / 12 / 18.27 / 15.53 / 5.56
Paramacrobiotus kenianus sp. nov. / 1 / 82.80 / 117.50 / 19 / 14 / 17.97 / 18.11 / 5.88
Paramacrobiotus kenianus sp. nov. / 1 / 79.72 / 105.97 / 17 / 12 / 12.83 / 17.27 / 6.83
Paramacrobiotus kenianus sp. nov. / 1 / 81.26 / 105.17 / 18 / 13 / 14.74 / 17.16 / 4.93
Paramacrobiotus kenianus sp. nov. / 1 / 76.25 / 107.10 / 22 / 17 / 17.60 / 19.35 / 6.55
Paramacrobiotus kenianus sp. nov. / 1 / 81.26 / 110.95 / 19 / 15 / 19.49 / 19.01 / 3.18
Paramacrobiotus kenianus sp. nov. / 2 / 77.02 / 110.57 / 23 / 14 / 17.98 / 20.16 / 5.07
Paramacrobiotus kenianus sp. nov. / 2 / 76.25 / 97.08 / 17 / 13 / 11.11 / 21.79 / 4.70
Paramacrobiotus kenianus sp. nov. / 2 / 84.72 / 105.56 / 21 / 15 / 13.48 / 20.34 / 5.83
Paramacrobiotus kenianus sp. nov. / 2 / 79.72 / 106.33 / 16 / 11 / 14.80 / 19.93 / 6.32
Paramacrobiotus kenianus sp. nov. / 2 / 86.26 / 110.95 / 13 / 13 / 13.81 / 20.88 / 3.85
Paramacrobiotus kenianus sp. nov. / 2 / 80.49 / 101.32 / 16 / 14 / 12.28 / 21.19 / 3.87
Paramacrobiotus kenianus sp. nov. / 2 / 83.18 / 100.17 / 17 / 10 / 12.83 / 22.29 / 4.93
Paramacrobiotus kenianus sp. nov. / 2 / 77.41 / 100.94 / 19 / 13 / 11.49 / 16.07 / 3.31
Paramacrobiotus kenianus sp. nov. / 2 / 83.18 / 110.95 / 12 / 13 / 13.96 / 24.57 / 4.17
Paramacrobiotus kenianus sp. nov. / 2 / 72.40 / 99.01 / 16 / 14 / 11.97 / 17.51 / 4.69
Paramacrobiotus kenianus sp. nov. / 2 / 88.19 / 110.95 / 16 / 14 / 13.96 / 18.97 / 5.93
Paramacrobiotus kenianus sp. nov. / 2 / 81.64 / 111.72 / 19 / 15 / 12.03 / 20.50 / 6.21
Paramacrobiotus kenianus sp. nov. / 2 / 79.33 / 111.72 / 18 / 12 / 13.62 / 15.04 / 8.45
Paramacrobiotus kenianus sp. nov. / 2 / 81.64 / 119.43 / 26 / 13 / 16.57 / 20.70 / 5.45
Paramacrobiotus kenianus sp. nov. / 2 / 83.95 / 100.17 / 16 / 13 / 12.83 / 15.35 / 6.21
Paramacrobiotus fairbanksi sp. nov. / 3 / 69.32 / 90.15 / 24 / 12 / 9.82 / 14.11 / 6.35
Paramacrobiotus fairbanksi sp. nov. / 3 / 67.39 / 93.23 / 11 / 10 / 11.20 / 16.96 / 6.81
Paramacrobiotus fairbanksi sp. nov. / 3 / 67.78 / 97.85 / 14 / 11 / 10.37 / 21.27 / 6.74
Paramacrobiotus fairbanksi sp. nov. / 3 / 67.78 / 84.76 / 16 / 14 / 10.26 / 14.72 / 4.51
Paramacrobiotus fairbanksi sp. nov. / 3 / 72.02 / 92.08 / 17 / 12 / 11.70 / 20.19 / 6.27
Paramacrobiotus fairbanksi sp. nov. / 3 / 77.02 / 95.93 / 15 / 10 / 14.26 / 21.32 / 6.09
Paramacrobiotus fairbanksi sp. nov. / 3 / 73.56 / 86.30 / 13 / 11 / 9.94 / 17.73 / 6.02
Paramacrobiotus fairbanksi sp. nov. / 3 / 67.78 / 90.92 / 17 / 11 / 11.17 / 18.18 / 5.52
Paramacrobiotus fairbanksi sp. nov. / 3 / 62.77 / 86.68 / 12 / 9 / 11.87 / 16.45 / 7.10
Paramacrobiotus fairbanksi sp. nov. / 3 / 69.32 / 89.38 / 14 / 10 / 11.56 / 14.53 / 6.09
Paramacrobiotus fairbanksi sp. nov. / 3 / 70.86 / 96.31 / 14 / 12 / 12.47 / 19.70 / 7.36
Paramacrobiotus fairbanksi sp. nov. / 3 / 71.25 / 92.85 / 12 / 9 / 13.07 / 16.13 / 6.18
Paramacrobiotus fairbanksi sp. nov. / 3 / 70.86 / 89.38 / 20 / 13 / 11.38 / 17.18 / 5.78
Paramacrobiotus fairbanksi sp. nov. / 3 / 67.78 / 94.00 / 13 / 12 / 11.23 / 18.63 / 6.21
Paramacrobiotus fairbanksi sp. nov. / 3 / 73.17 / 89.38 / 15 / 11 / 12.09 / 17.44 / 6.89
Paramacrobiotus palaui sp. nov. / 4 / 54.69 / 74.35 / 14 / 11 / 11.02 / 13.12 / 5.88
Paramacrobiotus palaui sp. nov. / 4 / 56.23 / 72.43 / 16 / 11 / 7.93 / 12.94 / 4.17
Paramacrobiotus palaui sp. nov. / 4 / 55.07 / 73.58 / 15 / 11 / 10.08 / 12.03 / 5.69
Paramacrobiotus palaui sp. nov. / 4 / 55.46 / 71.66 / 18 / 11 / 9.09 / 11.55 / 4.64
Paramacrobiotus palaui sp. nov. / 4 / 53.15 / 74.74 / 16 / 12 / 11.44 / 14.26 / 4.64
Paramacrobiotus palaui sp. nov. / 4 / 56.61 / 71.66 / 14 / 12 / 11.45 / 15.35 / 4.93
Paramacrobiotus palaui sp. nov. / 4 / 55.84 / 73.97 / 16 / 12 / 11.17 / 13.45 / 5.07
Paramacrobiotus palaui sp. nov. / 4 / 55.46 / 76.28 / 14 / 11 / 9.32 / 14.67 / 4.70
Paramacrobiotus richtersi / – / 62.00 / 82.83 / 19 / 15 / 10.17 / 13.81 / 4.62
Paramacrobiotus richtersi / – / 61.62 / 87.07 / 20 / 14 / 13.35 / 17.98 / 4.15
Paramacrobiotus richtersi / – / 68.32 / 87.45 / 16 / 12 / 12.54 / 17.98 / 6.22
Paramacrobiotus richtersi / – / 68.93 / 88.22 / 17 / 14 / 10.35 / 16.25 / 5.87
Paramacrobiotus richtersi / – / 67.39 / 88.61 / 13 / 10 / 11.45 / 18.67 / 5.47
Paramacrobiotus richtersi / – / 70.09 / 90.53 / 20 / 12 / 10.70 / 18.63 / 7.33
Paramacrobiotus richtersi / – / 86.16 / 90.92 / 15 / 11 / 11.87 / 18.27 / 6.83
Paramacrobiotus richtersi / – / 65.47 / 86.68 / 18 / 14 / 11.20 / 17.74 / 6.41
Paramacrobiotus richtersi / – / 62.39 / 86.30 / 18 / 14 / 9.27 / 14.11 / 6.46
Paramacrobiotus richtersi / – / 70.09 / 92.08 / 16 / 16 / 13.37 / 18.84 / 6.49
Paramacrobiotus richtersi / – / 67.39 / 92.46 / 14 / 9 / 15.88 / 18.27 / 7.33
Paramacrobiotus richtersi / – / 66.62 / 87.45 / 13 / 9 / 14.44 / 16.72 / 6.73