Table 3.

Morphometric data of cercariae, metacercariae and rediae of Catadiscus marinholutzi found in Drepanotrema spp. from Brazil

		C. marinholutzi	Catadiscus uruguayensis?	Paramphistomum sp.?
Reference		Current study	Ostrowski de Núñez (1979)	Veitenheimer-Mendes and Almeida-Caon (1989)
		Drepanotrema depressissimum Drepanotrema lucidum	Drepanotrema kermatoides	D. kermatoides
Host		Brazil	Argentina	Brazil
Cercariae
Body	L	276 ± 25 (218–318)	212–297	315–540
	W	183 ± 13 (156–204)	233–265	252–342
Pharynx	L	53 ± 14 (42–96)	43–54	50–81
	W	66 ± 12 (50–101)	46–59	50–81
Acetabulum	L	89 ± 11 (75–126)	68–92	80–135
	W	113 ± 9 (71–128)	86–100	80–135
Tail	L	588 ± 41 (520–660)	551–710	495–630
	W	60 ± 4 (54–69)	63–74	54–108
Metacercariae	L	218 ± 11 (232–181)	200	225–234
	W	180 ± 12 (159–202)	200	225–234
Rediae
Body	L	802 ± 120 (583–1066)	–	431–666
	W	212 ± 28 (162–265)	–	100–180
Pharynx	L	77 ± 8 (64–91)	60	36–45
	W	82 ± 6 (73–96)	50	36–45

L, length; W, width.

Data reported for amphistome cercariae found in D. kermatoides in South America by other authors are shown for comparison.