Table 2.
The component communities of the metazoan parasites of the shoal flounder Syacium gunteri
| Metrics | Overall | Group 1 | Group 2 | Group 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total number of species | 13 | 12 | 10 | 4 |
| Total number of individuals | 8760 | 1762 | 4605 | 2393 |
| Mean number of individuals within sampling sites | 265.45 ± 221.10 | 328.92 ± 260.74 | 176.20 ± 173.14 | 265.89 ± 185.27 |
| Simpson’s Diversity index | 0.29 ± 0.25 | 0.29 ± 0.21 | 0.45 ± 0.30 | 0.10 ± 0.10 |
| Berger-Parker dominance index | 0.82 | 0.59 | 0.84 | 0.94 |
| Numerically dominant species | O. wageneri | O. wageneri | O. wageneri | O. wageneri |
| Colonization strategy | Autogenic | Autogenic | Autogenic | Autogenic |
| Specialist/generalist status | Generalist | Generalist | Generalist | Generalist |
| Similarity within sampling sites (Jaccard) | 0.43 ± 0.23 | 0.58 ± 0.19 | 0.21 ± 0.22 | 0.81 ± 0.17 |
| Similarity within sampling sites (percentage of similarity) | 36.43 ± 27.74 | 38.91 ± 24.92 | 19.07 ± 23.22 | 53.72 ± 24.32 |
The data include the community metrics for 33 sampling sites (Overall) and for the three groups of sampling sites 1 to 3 formed by the cluster analysis (Figure 2) in the Campeche Sound, southern Gulf of Mexico. O. wageneri is Oncomegas wageneri.