Table 1.

Number of worms (Hemiuridae) attached in pairs, number of single worms showing signs of past attacks, and number of single worms with no sign of past attack, in each of six individual hosts (Coryphaenoides subserrulatus, Macrouridae), listed in order of increasing intensity of infection

Host ID	No. pairs of attached worms	No. single worms with signs of past attacks	No. single worms with no sign of past attack	Total no. worms
CSU4	0	0	1	1
CSU8	2	0	11	15
CSU5	3	0	16	22
CSU3	2*	1	20	26
CSU7	1	4	43	49
CSU6	6	1	71	84

*One group was actually a triad, with one worm attacking a second worm, which was itself attacking a third worm