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Autapomorphies of
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<emphasis id="B937EA9BB9468805FE74934ABEDA1A63" bold="true" box="[400,733,1073,1099]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="285">Testechiniscus meridionalis</emphasis>
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(measurements and statistics of juveniles and adult specimens of both sexes of
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in
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Both species assigned to the genus
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by
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and
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, respectively, exhibit unique phenotypic traits. Given that works on their systematic position are in progress (McInnes, personal communication), we do not designate them as new genera, but, instead, we present their autapomorphies, which exclude their affiliation within the revised
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. Both species have brown lipoid or red eyes and are dioecious whereas
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exhibits black crystalline eyes and parthenogenetic reproduction (although the presence of males was suggested in
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.
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Moreover,
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resembles
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in having eight rows of ventral plates, however it differs from
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with adults not exceeding 200 µm (compare
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and
<figureCitation id="13782A0CB9468805FE9C92C6BDCB1BFD" box="[376,460,1469,1493]" captionStart="FIGURE 12" captionStartId="23.[151,250,1800,1822]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,824,1779]" captionTargetId="figure@23.[151,1436,824,1779]" captionTargetPageId="23" captionText="FIGURE 12. Testechiniscus meridionalis (Murray, 1906), habitus under PCM: A—female, dorsal view (arrowheads indicate cephalic papillae, and empty arrowheads indicate primary clavae); B—female, ventral view (Roman numerals signify rows of ventral plates); C—female, anterior body part (Roman numerals signify rows of ventral plates and arrowheads indicate cephalic papillae); D—male, ventral view (arrowheads indicate prominent cephalic papillae, and empty arrowheads indicate prominent primary clavae). All from the Antarctic. Scale bars in micrometres." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/1440201/files/figure.png" pageId="24" pageNumber="285">12AB</figureCitation>
, see
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), whereas adults of
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spp. are typically 300450 µm long; smaller ventral plates (
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) with minute cuticular pillars that are more like in the
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<emphasis id="B937EA9BB9468805FAE9929BBD101835" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="285">Bryodelphax weglarskae</emphasis>
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group (see
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,
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Kaczmarek
<emphasis id="B937EA9BB9468805FD0A917EBF231835" box="[750,804,1540,1565]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="285">et al</emphasis>
. 2012
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) rather than in
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<emphasis id="B937EA9BB9468805FBD3917FB8DF1835" box="[1079,1240,1540,1565]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="285">Testechiniscus</emphasis>
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spp.; the dorsal sculpture consisting solely of granules (
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) and never polygonal pores typical for
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<emphasis id="B937EA9BB9468805FB6F9153B92B1869" box="[1163,1324,1576,1601]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="285">Testechiniscus</emphasis>
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(e.g.
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); evident sexual dimorphism,
<emphasis id="B937EA9BB9468805FDFE9136BE3A184C" box="[538,573,1613,1636]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="285">i.e.</emphasis>
cephalic papillae and primary clavae are significantly longer in males than in females (one-tailed Welch
<emphasis id="B937EA9BB9468805FE2A910ABDD118A0" box="[462,470,1649,1672]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="285">t</emphasis>
-test for: cephalic papillae:
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3=4.07, p=0.013, and primary clavae:
<emphasis id="B937EA9BB9468805FB32910AB8D918A0" box="[1238,1246,1649,1672]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="285">t</emphasis>
3=4.14, p=0.013, compare also
<figureCitation id="13782A0CB9468805FED691ECBDB81887" box="[306,447,1687,1712]" captionStart="FIGURE 12" captionStartId="23.[151,250,1800,1822]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,824,1779]" captionTargetId="figure@23.[151,1436,824,1779]" captionTargetPageId="23" captionText="FIGURE 12. Testechiniscus meridionalis (Murray, 1906), habitus under PCM: A—female, dorsal view (arrowheads indicate cephalic papillae, and empty arrowheads indicate primary clavae); B—female, ventral view (Roman numerals signify rows of ventral plates); C—female, anterior body part (Roman numerals signify rows of ventral plates and arrowheads indicate cephalic papillae); D—male, ventral view (arrowheads indicate prominent cephalic papillae, and empty arrowheads indicate prominent primary clavae). All from the Antarctic. Scale bars in micrometres." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/1440201/files/figure.png" pageId="24" pageNumber="285">Figs 12A, D</figureCitation>
, arrowheads).
</paragraph>
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Finally,
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<emphasis id="B937EA9BB9468805FEC091C7BDA918FB" box="[292,430,1724,1747]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="285">T. macronyx</emphasis>
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differs from the revised
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by: a smaller body size (
<emphasis id="B937EA9BB9468805FB6B91C7B8B518FB" box="[1167,1202,1724,1747]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="285">i.e.</emphasis>
below 200 µm); the presence of only lateral, exceptionally long cirri
<emphasis id="B937EA9BB9468805FD5B919BBED718DF" box="[703,720,1760,1783]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="285">A</emphasis>
(
<figureCitation id="13782A0CB9468805FD0591A4BF4D18DF" box="[737,842,1759,1784]" captionStart="FIGURE 13" captionStartId="24.[151,250,951,973]" captionTargetBox="[363,1237,222,911]" captionTargetId="graphics@24.[363,1237,222,911]" captionTargetPageId="24" captionText="FIGURE 13. Testechiniscus macronyx (Richters, 1907), general habitus (from McInnes 1994a): A—dorsal view; B—ventral view." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/1440203/files/figure.svg" pageId="24" pageNumber="285">Fig. 13A</figureCitation>
); nine (instead of eight) rows of small ventral plates (configuration IX:2-5-5-2-4-4-4-1-2,
<figureCitation id="13782A0CB9468805FDDF9078BEA61933" box="[571,673,1795,1820]" captionStart="FIGURE 13" captionStartId="24.[151,250,951,973]" captionTargetBox="[363,1237,222,911]" captionTargetId="graphics@24.[363,1237,222,911]" captionTargetPageId="24" captionText="FIGURE 13. Testechiniscus macronyx (Richters, 1907), general habitus (from McInnes 1994a): A—dorsal view; B—ventral view." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/1440203/files/figure.svg" pageId="24" pageNumber="285">Fig. 13B</figureCitation>
); dorsal sculpture in the form of an irregular reticulum/pseudopores (see
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), that look like dark margins of minute bright depressions on the cuticle surface (
<figureCitation id="13782A0CB9468805FACD905CB9881917" box="[1321,1423,1831,1856]" captionStart="FIGURE 14" captionStartId="28.[151,250,1708,1730]" captionTargetBox="[149,1434,240,1674]" captionTargetId="figure@28.[149,1434,240,1674]" captionTargetPageId="28" captionText="FIGURE 14. Sculpture types within the genus Testechiniscus sensu lato, scapular plates under PCM: A—spitsbergensis subtype (polygons); B—spitsbergensis subtype at a different focusing level; C—laterculus subtype (polygons); D—laterculus subtype at a different focusing level; E—meridionalis subtype (granules); F—macronyx subtype (irregular reticulum/ pseudopores, DIC). Scale bars in micrometres." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/1440205/files/figure.png" pageId="24" pageNumber="285">Fig. 14F</figureCitation>
); and by considerably longer claws, curved slightly only in their terminal parts.
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