Table 3.
Measurements of Gyliauchen cf. nahaensis from Epinephelus ongus from the Thousand Islands compared to data published by Yamaguti [55]a and Nahhas and Wetzel [59]b
| Gyliauchen cf. nahaensis | Gyliauchen nahaensisa | Gyliauchen nahaensisb | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Host | Epinephelus ongus | Acanthurus sp. | Siganus punctatus | |||
| Site of infection | Gills | Intestine | Intestine | |||
| Locality | Thousand Islands, Indonesia | Makassar, Indonesia | Suva, Fiji | |||
| Physiological feature | mm | Percent of body length | mm | Percent of body length | mm | Percent of body length |
| Body L | 0.94–1.67 | 1.65–2.40 | 1.30–2.45 | |||
| Body W | 0.28–0.56 | 30.3 | 0.58–0.75 | 32.8 | 0.70–1.13 | 48.8 |
| Oral sucker L | 0.14–0.24 | 14.5 | 0.13–0.19 | 7.9 | 0.20–0.28 | 12.8 |
| Oral sucker W | 0.11–0.18 | 10.6 | 0.10–0.15 | 6.2 | 0.17–0.24 | 10.9 |
| Pharynx L | 0.14–0.22 | 13.6 | 0.15–0.25 | 9.9 | 0.22–0.39 | 16.3 |
| Pharynx W | 0.11–0.18 | 10.5 | 0.13–0.30 | 10.6 | 0.18–0.28 | 12.3 |
| Ventral sucker L | 0.18–0.32 | 18.5 | 0.25–0.36 | 15.1 | 0.27–0.43 | 18.7 |
| Ventral sucker W | 0.17–0.32 | 18.8 | – | – | 0.26–0.45 | 18.9 |
| Ovary L | 0.07 | 5.7 | 0.06–0.11 | 4.2 | 0.08–0.20 | 7.5 |
| Ovary W | 0.06 | 4.4 | 0.06–0.10 | 4.0 | 0.07–0.15 | 5.9 |
| Eggs L | 0.06–0.07 | 5.2 | 0.08 | 4.0 | 0.06–0.08 | 3.7 |
| Eggs W | 0.03–0.04 | 2.7 | 0.04–0.05 | 2.2 | 0.04–0.06 | 2.7 |
| Testes L | 0.21–0.23 | 16.9 | 0.11–0.23 | 8.4 | 0.18–0.33 | 13.6 |
| Testes W | 0.21–0.21 | 16.3 | 0.10–0.20 | 7.4 | 0.13–0.33 | 12.3 |