Table 1.

Measurements of Flexophora ophidii ex Ophidion barbatum from two localities in the Mediterranean

Locality	Off France (n = 8)	Off Algeria (n = 37)
Source	Prost & Euzet (1962)	Present study
Body length	1,500–2,750	1,453–2,247 (1,896 ± 79; n = 31)
Body width	400–850	364–625 (507 ± 73; n = 31)
Haptor length		343–765 (543 ± 140; n = 32)
Total length		2,244–2,859 (2,195; n = 29)
First pair of clamps length	75–87	80–88 (85; n = 24)
First pair of clamps width	75–80	74–85 (82; n = 24)
Second pair of clamps length	80–100	67–96 (86; n = 22)
Second pair of clamps width	80–95	67– 85 (76; n = 22)
Third pair of clamps length	80–100	78–92 (76; n = 24)
Third pair of clamps width	80–95	64–83 (73; n = 24)
Fourth pair of clamps length	80–95	65–79 (75; n = 26)
Fourth pair of clamps width	80–100	64–79 (71; n = 26)
Long anchor	28	10–23 (19; n = 15)
Small anchor		5–10 (8; n = 15)
Prohaptoral suckers length	80–95	71–91 (81 ± 8; n = 32)
Prohaptoral suckers length	45	46–82 (65 ± 12; n = 32)
Prohaptoral suckers length	65–130	66–123 (109 ± 18; n = 31)
Pharynx width	60–100	57–123 (102 ± 21; n = 31)
Genital atrium length		23–38 (32 ± 5; n = 33)
Genital atrium width		22–36 (30 ± 5; n = 33)
Distance genital atrium-anterior extremity		204–305 (265 ± 27; n = 31)
Testes number	23–28	22–26
No. of atrial hooks	6–8	8
Atrial hooks length		7–10 (9; n = 16)