Table 2. Metrical data of cysticercoids of Flamingolepis spp. recorded in Artemia spp. Intermediate host and locality are also indicated.
All measurements are in m except where otherwise stated.
| Source | Robert & Gabrion (1991) | Georgiev et al. (2005) | Maksimova (1973) | Present study | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Intermediate hosts | A. salina | A. parthenogenetica | A. salina | A. persimilis | |||||||||
| Locality | France | Spain | Kazakhstan | Chile | |||||||||
| Flamingolepis spp. | F. caroli | F. liguloides | F. flamingo | F. dolguschini | F. tengizi | Flamingolepis sp. | |||||||
| Range | Range | Mean | n | Range | Mean | n | Range | Range | Range | Mean | n | ||
| Cyst | length | 300 | 560–810 | 671 | 14 | 168–270 | 231 | 14 | 418 | 180 | 150–163 | 156 | 8 |
| width | 200 | 372–597 | 479 | 14 | 126–207 | 177 | 14 | 287 | 130 | 110–145 | 121 | 8 | |
| Scolex | length | – | 358–771 | 614 | 14 | 141–225 | 182 | 12 | 254 | 96 | 113–128 | 122 | 7 |
| width | – | 339–490 | 423 | 14 | 108–183 | 145 | 12 | 164 | 84 | 90–100 | 94 | 7 | |
| Suckers | diameter | – | 181–288 | 233 | 18 | 45–75 | 66 | 16 | 121 | 40–42 | 45–53 | 49 | 14 |
| Rostellum | length | – | 446–485 | 465 | 14 | 108–180 | 119 | 5 | – | – | 100–125 | 114 | 8 |
| width | – | 116–149 | 125 | 14 | 33–48 | 43 | 5 | – | – | 23–28 | 25 | 8 | |
| Rostellar | total length (TL) | 110–130 | 186–201 | 189 | 15 | 55–61 | 57 | 15 | 184 | 53–54 | 45–50 | 49 | 15 |
| hooks | length of blade (Lb) | – | 105–117 | 110 | 15 | 28–30 | 29 | 15 | 102 | 30 | 24–27 | 25 | 15 |
| Ratio Lb/TL | – | 0.56–0.60 | 0.58 | 15 | 0.47–0.53 | 0.5 | 15 | app. 0.55 | app. 0.56 | 0.50–0.54 | 0.52 | 15 | |
| Cercomer | length (mm) | 0.40–0.50 | 0.62–0.81 | 0.71 | 8 | 6.5–7.4 | – | 3 | 0.610 | – | 0.60* | – | 1 |
Notes.
*
Maximum length of the longest fragment of cercomer.