Table 5.

Measurements of Zeuxapta seriolae (Meserve, 1938) from various localities

Host	Seriola dumerili	Seriola quinqueradiata	Seriola dorsalis		Seriola grandis
Locality	SW Mediterranean, off Algeria	NW Pacific, off Japan	SE Pacific, off Galapagos	Holotype	SE Pacific, off Australia
Source	Present study	Ishii & Sawada (1938)	Meserve (1938)	Rohde (1978)	Rohde (1978)
Body length (mm)	13.1–16.2 (14.1; n = 9)	15–20	5.1–7.5	4.9	3.2–7.5
Haptor length	3,667–9,650 (4,615; n = 9)
Body width	870–1,550 (1,240; n = 10)	2,000	1,082–1,300	920	750–1,270
Clamp number on short side	28–42 (40; n = 4)	23–28	27–29	32	26–48
Clamp number on long side	30–54 (34; n = 4)	9–10	38–40	40	31–55
Length of clamps on short side	115–145 (132; n = 9)
Width of clamps on short side	61–80 (69; n = 9)	498–587		108	102–130a
Length of clamps on long side	145–235 (202; n = 9)
Width of clamps on long side	75–130 (107; n = 9)			165	156–195
Prohaptoral sucker length	100–180 (134; n = 7)	216–249	76–92	75–76	54–90
Prohaptoral sucker width	150–200 (171; n = 7)	149–174	120–168	112–120	54–152
Pharynx length	50–75 (62; n = 8)	99		39	39–47
Pharynx width	50–75 (62; n = 8)	66–75		40	36–43
Distance genital atrium to anterior extremity	972–1,400 (1,155; n = 9)			610	430–750
Genital atrium length	144–218 (172; n = 7)
Genital atrium width	114–207 (161; n = 8)
Distance vagina to anterior extremity	1,711–2,495 (2,095; n = 7)
Number of testes	90–130 (104; n = 4)		93–105	120–140	95–125
Egg length	102–145 (120; n = 10)	149–166	96–136
Egg width	55–88 (69; n = 10)	83–99	56–68

Abbreviations: SE, South-Eastern; SW, South-Western; NW, North-Western.

^aDiameter.