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. 2013 Dec 19;20:56. doi: 10.1051/parasite/2013055

Table 12.

Measurements and ratios of Prosorhynchus spp. from Epinephelus spp. % refers to % of body-length.

Species Prosorhynchus sp. A
Prosorhynchus sp. B
Host Epinephelus morrhua
Epinephelus coioides
n 2
3
min. max. mean
Length 2,157 2,110 1,006 1,297 1,199
Width 470 508 217 294 266
Previtelline distance 310 222 217 263 244
Precaecal distance ? 888 306 414 357
Pre-uterine distance 540 ? 451 621 545
Pre-mouth distance 1,035 1,062 570 685 637
Pretesticular distance 964 1,175 556 769 694
Pre-ovarian distance 1,002 1,186 584 729 675
Rhynchus length 513 335 155 175 165
Rhynchus width 231 320 121 155 142
Rhynchus to vitellarium distance 0 malformed 61 95 82
Rhynchus to uterus distance 30 malformed 292 446 379
Rhynchus to caecum distance ? 555 148 237 191
Long vitelline field 454 ? 220 262 237
Short vitelline field 478 ? 217 275 239
Caecum length ? 275 183 241 217
Caecum width ? 253 113 129 122
Pharynx length 112 126 64 85 78
Pharynx width 104 108 80 114 97
Ovary length 147 146 57 77 64
Ovary width 137 142 50 69 58
Distance between ovary and anterior testis 0 0 0 9 3
Anterior testis length 181 202 70 94 80
Anterior testis width 161 197 75 81 77
Distance between testes 0 0 0 45 15
Posterior testis length 168 171 75 82 78
Posterior testis width 170 169 64 78 73
Posterior testis to cirrus-sac 0 0 0 30 15
Cirrus-sac length 611 593 233 266 251
Cirrus-sac width 198 251 80 120 102
Seminal vesicle length 226 182 ? 123 41
Seminal vesicle width 68 74 ? 53 18
Pars prostatica length 791 861 ? ? ?
Pars prostatica width 142 159 56 84 73
Post-testicular distance 905 569 324 394 368
Post-vitelline distance 1,348 0 566 803 708
Cirrus-sac reach 927 863 355 379 369
Post-ovarian distance 1,001 797 348 519 459
Post-genital pore distance 97 96 42 57 49
Egg length 35 malformed 29 32 30
Egg width 18 malformed 18 21 19
Width % 21.8 24.1 21.6 22.7 22.2
Previtelline distance % 14.4 10.5 19.3 21.6 20.4
Precaecal distance % ? 42.09 27.0 31.9 29.8
Pre-uterine distance % 25.02 ? 43.5 47.9 45.4
Pre-mouth distance % 48.0 50.3 50.6 56.7 53.4
Pretesticular distance % 44.7 55.7 55.3 59.3 57.7
Pre-ovarian distance % 46.4 56.2 54.9 58.1 56.4
Rhynchus length % 23.8 15.9 12.6 15.4 13.9
Rhynchus width % rhynchus length 44.9 95.4 78.1 91.0 85.8
Longest vitelline field % 21.1 ? 17.6 21.9 19.9
Caecal length % ? 13.0 17.5 18.6 18.1
Ovary length % 6.81 6.92 4.41 5.96 5.36
Anterior testis length % 8.41 9.59 5.99 7.22 6.71
Distance between testes % 0 0 0 3.44 1.15
Posterior testis % 7.79 8.12 5.78 8.13 6.63
Posterior testis to cirrus-sac % 0 0 0 2.34 1.14
Cirrus-sac length % 28.3 28.1 18.0 26.5 21.3
Seminal vesicle length % of cirrus-sac length 37.0 30.8 ? 46.3 ?
Post-testicular distance % 42.0 27.0 29.7 32.3 30.8
Post-vitelline distance % 62.5 0.0 56.3 61.9 58.8
Cirrus-sac reach % 43.0 40.9 27.4 37.0 31.2
Post-ovarian distance % 46.4 37.8 34.6 40.0 38.0
Post-genital pore distance % 4.48 4.53 3.65 4.39 4.08