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

Table 5.

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

Host Epinephelus areolatus
Epinephelus cyanopodus
Epinephelus maculatus
n 16
13
22
min max mean min max mean min max mean
Length 639 1,203 887 920 1,403 1,134 784 1,160 937
Width 185 382 276 298 471 359 191 386 297
Previtelline distance 142 239 176 167 293 212 105 197 167
Precaecal distance 194 347 255 263 420 342 225 348 266
Pre-uterine distance 177 348 260 267 441 322 184 339 285
Pre-mouth distance 359 499 433 502 621 567 367 497 449
Pretesticular distance 250 464 339 334 548 441 272 402 339
Pre-ovarian distance 299 467 367 308 590 460 295 416 338
Rhynchus length 146 262 192 209 347 263 159 244 204
Rhynchus width 135 300 182 178 307 245 131 223 170
Rhynchus to vitellarium distance 0 26 4 0 0 0 0 1 0
Rhynchus to uterus distance 0 148 64 0 148 63 0 291 91
Rhynchus to caecum distance 0 148 62 35 129 81 2 341 81
Long vitelline field 147 337 218 242 355 282 131 292 215
Short vitelline field 99 280 192 146 309 236 108 283 194
Caecum length 101 164 131 94 177 142 88 154 121
Caecum width 65 134 100 77 157 104 66 133 94
Pharynx length 44 72 56 56 86 72 49 78 62
Pharynx width 49 78 58 58 81 75 46 88 65
Ovary length 54 112 77 66 122 99 54 102 76
Ovary width 34 124 69 65 111 92 41 109 68
Distance between ovary and anterior testis 0 66 6 0 0 0 0 16 1
Anterior testis length 59 147 92 85 149 118 58 117 86
Anterior testis width 51 133 82 78 121 97 42 117 75
Distance between testes 0 95 24 0 107 38 0 179 43
Posterior testis length 58 141 92 84 156 113 50 118 85
Posterior testis width 48 149 87 73 135 114 42 106 76
Posterior testis to cirrus-sac 0 23 1 0 0 0 0 59 5
Cirrus-sac length 206 439 284 294 483 377 240 461 331
Cirrus-sac width 84 178 108 112 188 138 82 165 127
Seminal vesicle length 83 150 117 111 211 161 72 155 115
Seminal vesicle width 27 54 40 40 92 66 21 74 42
Pars prostatica length 243 655 348 401 401 401 275 766 424
Pars prostatica width 43 83 63 61 81 69 28 91 57
Post-testicular distance 250 596 390 410 710 518 350 583 436
Post-vitelline distance 341 716 504 513 848 659 435 682 556
Cirrus-sac reach 347 668 455 496 747 587 435 653 518
Post-ovarian distance 269 690 442 484 744 574 408 705 521
Post-genital pore distance 16 115 67 59 118 86 36 98 75
Egg length 26 36 30 24 33 27 24 40 33
Egg width 17 21 18 14 23 18 17 25 21
Width % 20.9 41.5 31.6 25.0 43.1 32.0 23.0 45.8 31.6
Previtelline distance % 14.2 25.4 20.2 14.7 23.8 18.7 11.4 21.6 17.9
Precaecal distance % 23.6 34.1 29.0 26.2 34.1 30.1 23.9 37.8 28.5
Pre-uterine distance % 19.4 38.2 29.4 21.8 40.1 28.6 20.0 36.9 30.5
Pre-mouth distance % 39.9 56.1 49.6 44.0 54.7 49.4 41.4 58.2 47.7
Pretesticular distance % 27.3 47.3 38.9 30.5 46.3 39.0 29.6 44.4 36.4
Pre-ovarian distance % 32.6 50.7 42.3 33.5 48.0 40.5 31.7 46.5 36.2
Rhynchus length % 17.8 24.8 21.9 18.4 26.5 23.2 17.4 26.8 21.9
Rhynchus width % rhynchus length 70.3 114 94.3 71.8 119 94.5 60.4 103.1 83.6
Longest vitelline field % 16.7 28.3 24.6 19.6 32.2 25.1 16.1 29.1 22.9
Caecal length % 9.81 21.8 15.3 9.44 14.8 12.5 10.2 15.4 12.9
Ovary length % 6.12 11.6 8.79 6.02 11.1 8.73 6.46 11.5 8.11
Anterior testis length % 7.28 16.0 10.3 7.65 12.1 10.4 6.83 12.1 9.11
Distance between testes % 0 8.63 2.50 0 10.8 3.42 0 19.4 4.53
Posterior testis % 7.37 15.4 10.2 7.62 12.2 9.90 5.67 11.6 8.98
Posterior testis to cirrus-sac % 0 2.28 0.14 0 0 0 0 6.50 0.49
Cirrus-sac length % 25.4 36.9 32.2 26.5 43.0 33.2 26.2 43.6 35.4
Seminal vesicle length % of cirrus-sac length 38.8 56.2 44.8 37.8 43.7 40.7 20.5 46.5 35.4
Post-testicular distance % 37.7 55.1 43.7 36.9 53.1 45.8 40.1 54.3 47.3
Post-vitelline distance % 50.9 66.3 56.4 50.7 64.0 57.9 52.2 64.5 59.4
Cirrus-sac reach % 39.6 61.7 51.9 45.1 59.6 51.7 43.8 63.7 55.5
Post-ovarian distance % 40.8 58.6 48.9 45.7 56.7 50.6 46.7 61.2 55.4
Post-genital pore distance % 2.42 10.6 7.65 5.62 10.5 7.66 4.29 10.5 7.96