Table 2.

Comparison of the spore measurements of Thelohanellus pyriformis (Thélohan, 1892) Kudo (1933) given by different authors from cyprinids.

	present paper	by Donec and Shulman (1984)	by Kudo (1919)	by Agapova (1966)	by Lom et Dyková and Lom, 1987	by Lom and Dyková , 1992
Hosts	Tinca tinca	Cyprinids	Tinca tinca	Cyprinids	Cyprinids	Tinca tinca
Spore length	19.0 ± 0.6l (18.0–19.5)	14.0–22.0	18.0–20.0	16.0–18.0	16.0–23.0	19.5 (18.0–20.6)
Spore width	8.2 ± 0.54 (7.5–9)	7.0–10.0	8.0	7.0–8.0	6.0–8.0	9.4 (9.1–9.6)
Spore thickness	7.3 ± 0.25 (7.0–7.5)	6.5–6.7	6.0	–	–	–
length of polar capsule	8.4 ± 055 (7.5–9.0)	6.0–10.5	–	5.0–7.5	8.2	9.0 (7.6–9.6)
Width of polar capsule	4.6 ± 0.3 (4.0–5.0)	4.5	–	3.0.5.0	4.2	4.3 (3.8–4.8)
Number of polar filament coil	9	–	9	–	6	9 (7–11)