Table 5.
Comparative metrical data for metacercariae of Diplostomum spathaceum
| Host Source |
Multiple hostsa
Present study |
Gasterosteus aculeatus L.; Salvelinus alpinus (L.) Faltýnková et al. [16] |
Cyprinus carpio L. Pérez-del-Olmo et al. [3] |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fixed | Live | Fixed | Fixed | |||||
| Variable | Range (n = 21) | Mean | Range | Mean | Range | Mean | Range | Mean |
| BL | 288–415 | 346 | 360–570 | 498 | 262–574 | 376 | 277–453 | 376 |
| BW | 241–333 | 288 | 252–332 | 286 | 171–313 | 235 | 198–295 | 248 |
| HL | 17 | 17 | 36–80 | 53 | 22–67 | 41 | 10–26 | 16 |
| PSL | 46–61 | 53 | – | – | 35–40 | 37 | 44–55 | 48 |
| PSW | 24–36 | 29 | – | – | – | – | 22–30 | 26 |
| OSL | 40–54 | 47 | 44–65 | 57 | 44–64 | 52 | 40–57 | 45 |
| OSW | 37–52 | 46 | 44–72 | 60 | 41–72 | 50 | 36–41 | 39 |
| PHL | 30–42 | 38 | 36–51 | 42 | 29–45 | 35 | 29–43 | 37 |
| PHW | 16–26 | 21 | 20–32 | 26 | 16–19 | 17 | 19–26 | 23 |
| VSL | 38–51 | 45 | 35–55 | 45 | 40–56 | 49 | 30–43 | 38 |
| VSW | 48–61 | 54 | 38–62 | 50 | 34–53 | 43 | 33–48 | 43 |
| AVS | 135–248 | 181 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| HOL | 67–99 | 84 | 78–131 | 104 | 72–82 | 77 | 63–89 | 75 |
| HOW | 92–130 | 112 | 83–181 | 131 | 63–95 | 81 | 59–90 | 80 |
Abbreviations: BL body length, BW body width, HL hindbody length, PSL pseudosucker length, PSW pseudosucker width, OSL oral sucker length, OSW oral sucker width, PHL pharynx length, PHW pharynx width, VSL ventral sucker length, VSW ventral sucker width, AVS distance from anterior extremity of body to ventral sucker, HOL holdfast organ length, HOW holdfast organ width
a Acipenser ruthenus L.; Abramis brama (L.); Blicca bjoerkna (L.); Chondrostoma nasus (L.); Leuciscus aspius (L.); Rutilus pigus (Lacépède); Rutilus rutilus (L.); Vimba vimba (L.); Silurus glanis L.