Table 4.
The infracommunities of the metazoan parasites of the dusky flounder Syacium papillosum (n = 127)
| Overall | Western YS | Mid YS | Caribbean | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean no. of species | 8.67 ± 3.43 | 6.79 ± 2.74 | 8.29 ± 3.28 | 9.94 ± 3.39 |
| Mean no. of individuals | 321.12 ± 321.09 | 228.50 ± 186.67 | 334.10 ± 371.75 | 354.81 ± 320.24 |
| Brillouinʼs diversity index | 0.94 ± 0.44 | 0.96 ± 0.43 | 0.87 ± 0.43 | 0.98 ± 0.45 |
| Brillouinʼs evenness index | 0.48 ± 0.21 | 0.56 ± 0.22 | 0.44 ± 0.19 | 0.47 ± 0.22 |
| Numerically dominant species | Lecanicephalum sp. | Lecanicephalum sp. | Lecanicephalum sp. | Lecanicephalum sp. |
Notes: The data include the community metrics for 17 sampling sites (Overall) and the three groups of sampling sites formed by non-metric multidimensional scaling (NMDS) patterns from the continental shelf of the Peninsula of Yucatan in Fig. 2