Table 3.
Measurements of Cemocotyle trachuri from various localities
| Host |
T. trachurus |
T. novaezelandiae |
T. trachurus |
|---|---|---|---|
| Locality |
SW Mediterranean, off Algeria |
SW Pacific, off New Zealand |
SE Atlantic, off Namibia |
| Source | Present study | Dillon & Hargis (1965) | Piasecki (1982) |
| Body length | 1,540–3,490 (2,455; n = 14) | 2,680–3,580 (3,280) | |
| Haptor length | 340–650 (495; n = 15) | 700–790 (740) | |
| Body width | 320–850 (525; n = 16) | 400–650 (520) | |
| Clamp number | 25–34 (32; n = 13) | 28–32 (30) | 30 |
| Clamp length | 43–68 (51; n = 13) | 32–77 | |
| Clamp width | 20–46 (35; n = 13) | 33–78 | |
| Hamulus length | 29–40 (35) | 45 | |
| Posterior hook length | 22–28 (25) | ||
| Prohaptoral sucker length | 21–35 (28; n = 13) | 34–41 (37) | |
| Prohaptoral sucker width | 24–39 (31; n = 13) | 37–39 (38) | |
| Pharynx length | 20–45 (36; n = 13) | 41–48 (44) | |
| Pharynx width | 18–45 (34; n = 13) | 39–47 (42) | |
| Distance genital atrium to anterior extremity | 150–260 (220; n = 13) | ||
| Genital atrium length | 26–55 (37; n = 15) | 39–57 (48) | 33a |
| Genital atrium width | 31–52 (41; n = 15) | 44–62 (51) | |
| Long atrial spines length | 14–15 (15; n = 12) | ||
| Short atrial spines length | 8–11 (9; n = 12) | ||
| Number of testes | 11–17 | ||
| Egg length | 177–217 (199) | 260 | |
| Egg width | 72–116 (89) |
Abbreviations: SE, South-Eastern; SW, South-Western.
Diameter.