Table 3.
Dimensions of Lepotrema adlardi (Bray, Cribb & Barker, 1993) and L. acanthochromidis n. sp.
| Species | Lepotrema adlardi | Lepotrema acanthochromidis | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Host | Abudefduf bengalensis | Acanthochromis polyacanthus | |||
| Locality | Ningaloo Reef | Heron Island | Lizard Island | Heron Island | Lizard Island |
| n | 5 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 17 |
| Body | 1,293–1,683 × 373–536 (1,486 × 441) | 1,103–1491 × 252–359 (1,269 × 301) | 1,636 × 448 | 830–1,680 × 340–674 (1,160 × 442) | 914–1,510 × 338–743 (1,194 × 505) |
| Forebody | 477–653 (570) | 475–608 (513) | 614 | 343–571 (439) | 364–556 (452) |
| Pre-oral lobe | 21–23 (22) | 9–24 (16) | 12 | 3–28 (14) | 7–28 (15) |
| Oral sucker | 114 –133 × 151–165 (122 × 159) | 101–148 × 124–154 (120 × 141) | 142 × 201 | 94–158 × 140–223 (121 × 165) | 95–172 × 150–206 (131 × 178) |
| Prepharynx | 94–189 (148) | 98–178 (128) | 128 | 25–57 (37) | 0–66 (38) |
| Pharynx | 122–152 × 109–118 (136 × 114) | 96–143 × 70–106 (122 × 91) | 158 × 134 | 74–130 × 67–128 (91 × 97) | 71–128 × 79–140 (96 × 105) |
| Oesophagus | 33–53 (42) | 49–75 (61) | 75 | 35–74 (48) | 23–49 (37) |
| Intestinal bifurcation to ventral sucker | 86–128 (107) | 57–88 (74) | 99 | 86–160 (127) | 88–200 (136) |
| Pre-vitelline distance | 423–588 (523) | 412–561 (466) | 521 | 227–312 (256) | 199–307 (259) |
| Vitellarium to ventral sucker | 0–95 (47) | 33–63 (47) | 93 | 111–259 (183) | 143–269 (192) |
| Ventral sucker | 178–219 × 156–197 (195 × 172) | 124–174 × 124–175 (151 × 149) | 235 × 226 | 105–194 × 113–202 (133 × 143) | 119–177 × 113–190 (146 × 154) |
| Cirrus-sac | 191–361 × 62–90 (266 × 79) | 152–237 × 56–76 (188 × 64) | 275 × 82 | 209–277 × 61–94 (242 × 74) | 211–302 × 52–92 (253 × 76) |
| Ventral sucker to ovary | 22–92 (53) | 33–84 (54) | 14 | 0–97 (52) | 0–59 (32) |
| Ovary | 88–189 × 80–161 (128 × 118) | 82–110 × 62–144 (97 × 83) | 129 × 154 | 76–172 × 100–174 (116 × 132) | 78–193 × 94–197 (109 × 131) |
| Ovary to anterior testis | 0–2 (0) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Anterior testis | 119–172 × 115–182 (135 × 156) | 95–123 × 104–159 (111 × 123) | 170 × 213 | 93–203 × 99–218 (121 × 141) | 101–223 × 109–298 (151 × 173) |
| Distance between testes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Posterior testis | 148–223 × 118–164 (185 × 148) | 108–164 × 102–155 (137 × 121) | 215 × 203 | 104–221 × 101–186 (144 × 138) | 112–257 × 112–244 (178 × 160) |
| Post-testicular distance | 229–306 (267) | 164–304 (225) | 267 | 130–248 (190) | 119–275 (184) |
| Post-caecal distance | 36–67 (52) | 39–64 (55) | 75 | 65–101 (79) | 28–96 (65) |
| Eggs | 53–61 × 26–37 (56 × 31) | 51–60 × 32–41 (55 × 37) | 59 × 26 | 58–71 × 32–41 (65 × 36) | 49–68 × 27–36 (55 × 32) |
| Width (%)a | 27.3–32.0 (29.6) | 22.5–25.4 (23.7) | 27.4 | 34.5–42.0 (38.1) | 34.7–51.9 (42.1) |
| Forebody (%)a | 36.6–420 (38.3) | 37.0–43.0 (40.6) | 37.6 | 34.0–41.3 (38.3) | 35.3–42.7 (38.0) |
| Sucker length ratio | 1:1.40–1.92 (1.60) | 1:0.94–1.43 (1.28) | 1:1.66 | 1:0.95–1.23 (1.10) | 1:0.93–1.32 (1.13) |
| Sucker width ratio | 1:0.94–1.22 (1.08) | 1:0.93–1.15 (1.06) | 1:1.12 | 1:0.81–0.91 (0.86) | 1:0.76–0.98 (0.86) |
| Oral sucker: pharynx width | 1:1.29–1.49 (1.40) | 1:1.38–1.91 (1.59) | 1:1.50 | 1:1.52–2.09 (1.72) | 1:1.42–2.06 (1.73) |
| Ventral sucker to ovary (%)a | 1.71–5.44 (3.40) | 2.97–5.66 (4.18) | 0.86 | 0–7.77 (4.20) | 0–5.11 (2.71) |
| Post-testicular distance (%)a | 16.4–20.0 (18.1) | 14.9–20.4 (17.6) | 16.3 | 14.8–18.1 (16.4) | 10.9–21.7 (15.4) |
| Prepharynx (%)a | 7.65–12.6 (10.5) | 7.29–12.6 (10.1) | 7.83 | 1.83–5.80 (3.28) | 0–7.01 (3.28) |
| Oesophagus (%)a | 2.37–3.17 (2.81) | 3.69–6.27 (4.84) | 4.56 | 3.16–5.48 (4.13) | 1.97–4.84 (3.11) |
| Intestinal bifurcation to ventral sucker distance (%)a | 6.67–7.89 (7.19) | 4.75–7.28 (5.84) | 6.04 | 9.36–12.9 (11.1) | 7.63–14.0 (11.4) |
| Vitellarium to ventral sucker distance (%)a | 0–5.62 (2.98) | 2.70–5.71 (3.81) | 5.69 | 13.3–17.3 (15.8) | 12.8–18.8 (16.1) |
| Ovary to anterior testis (%)a | 0–0.12 (0.02) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Distance between testes (%)a | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cirrus-sac length (%)a | 13.8–21.6 (17.6) | 13.7–15.9 (14.8) | 16.8 | 16.5–27.0 (21.3) | 18.6–29.8 (21.5) |
| Pre-vitelline distance (%)a | 32.3–42.0 (35.4) | 34.3–38.1 (36.7) | 31.9 | 18.6–28.0 (22.5) | 18.5–25.4 (22.0) |
| Anterior testis length (%)a | 7.54–10.3 (9.07) | 7.74–9.78 (8.80) | 10.4 | 9.39–12.1 (10.4) | 9.73–14.9 (12.6) |
| Posterior testis length (%)a | 10.7–13.3 (12.4) | 8.97–12.2 (10.8) | 13.1 | 9.94–14.2 (12.4) | 12.2–17.2 (14.7) |
a%, percent of body length