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Table 1 The speed in observed gliding gregarines

From: The enigma of eugregarine epicytic folds: where gliding motility originates?

Species

Gliding speed in single gamonts (μm/s)

Gliding speed in syzygies (μm/s)

Minimum - maximum

Mean

Standard deviation

N. of gamonts

N. of records

Minimum - maximum

Mean

Standard deviation

N. of syzygies

N. of records

G. cuneata

0.38 - 5.66

2.20

1.51

18

24

1.15 - 8.49

3.96

2.47

8

8

G. polymorpha

3.46 - 22.86

9.91

5.15

12

16

1.05 - 16.18

6.73

4.08

14

17

G. steini

1.32 - 9.42

5.02

2.19

33

39

2.51 - 9.25

5.33

1.62

23

23