Table 2. Effects of preservation and storage methods on morphology of Mytilicola spp.
| Fresh → Ethanol | Frozen → Ethanol | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % shrinkage | t | df | p | % shrinkage | t | df | p | |
| Body length | 17.2 | 2.348 | 31 | < 0.05 | 7.4 | 3.059 | 28 | < 0.05 |
| Cephalosome length | 22.2 | 4.112 | 32 | < 0.05 | 8.3 | 2.739 | 28 | < 0.05 |
| Body width | 14.1 | 2.624 | 31 | < 0.05 | 10.9 | 3.101 | 28 | < 0.05 |
| Genital double-somite length | 16.0 | 2.437 | 14 | < 0.05 | 9.5 | 1.709 | 17 | 0.106 |
| Mean | 17.4 | 9.0 | ||||||
Percentage of shrinking of various morphological measurements of Mytilicola spp. after storing fresh or frozen samples in ethanol, with significance assessed by Welch’s paired t-tests given in the adjacent columns.