Table 3.
Spermatozoa morphometric comparison for aquarium-housed and wild-captured small-spotted catshark (Scyliorhinus canicula). Data are expressed as the mean ± standard deviation and coefficient of variation (CV, %).
| Type | Acrosome (μm) |
Head (μm) |
Acrosome & Head (μm) |
Midpiece (μm) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aquarium-housed (CV) |
2.78 ± 0.466 a (16.74) |
40.96 ± 1.113 a (2.71) |
43.75 ± 1.153 a (2.63) |
18.16 ± 0.988 (5.44) |
| Wild-captured (CV) |
3.01 ± 0.354 b (11.80) |
41.79 ± 1.284 b (3.07) |
44.80 ± 1.274 b (2.84) |
18.31 ± 1.139 (6.22) |
| p-value | 0.027 | 0.005 | 0.001 | 0.566 |
Different superscript letters (a, b) in the same column indicate differences (p < 0.05).