Estimation of Surface Area and Volume of a Nematode from Morphometric Data

Figure 2

Comparison of the boundaries on which the estimates in Table 1 are based. The Bézier (—) and geometric (-⋅-⋅-⋅-) representations are those we describe. The Tsalolikhin (- - - -) and cylindrical (……) approximations have been reported previously. The morphometric data for A. antarcticus reported by Cobb [21] (●) and two supplementary coordinates (○, (0, 0) and (1, 0)) are shown. The vertical and horizontal dimensions differ in scale by a factor of 10 relative to the overall length of the nematode (L = 0.6 mm).