Table 3.
Source | Dollfus, 1922 [33] | Dollfus, 1922 [34] | Euzet & Trilles, 1961 [36] | Lopez-Roman & Guevara Pozo 1976 [61] | Radujkovic & Euzet 1989 [80] | Present study |
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Host | Ceratothoa oestroides on Trachurus trachurus | Ceratothoa oestroides on Boops boops | Isopod on Boops boops and Spicara maena | Ceratothoa oestroides on Boops boops | Cymothoidae, buccal cavity of Spicara smaris | Cymothoidae, buccal cavity of Boops boops |
Locality | Spain, Atlantic Ocean | Monaco, Mediterranean | France, Mediterranean | Alboran sea, Mediterranean | Montenegro, Mediterranean | Algeria, Mediterranean |
Body length | 3000 | 3000–8000 | 3600–7570 | 3000–8000 | 3900 (3150–6628) | |
Haptor length | 1273 (557–17,729) | |||||
Anterior lobe length | 650 | 2000 | 1800–3600 | 1970 (800–3207) | ||
Total length | 5046 (5100–8400) | |||||
Total width | 2500 | 1000–4000 | 1580–1600 | 1000–4000 | 1536 (450–2300) | |
Clamps length | 400* | 200* | ||||
Clamps width | ||||||
Buccal organ length | 120* | 42 (23–55) | ||||
Buccal organ width | 44 (28–71) | |||||
Pharynx length | 180 | 58 (38–74) | ||||
Pharynx width | 110 | 51 (31–61) | ||||
Atrium length | 44 (32–51) | |||||
Atrium width | 46 (30–63) | |||||
Number of hooks | 6** | 6 | 6–8 | |||
Genital hooks length | 60 | 17 (14–18) | ||||
Distance pharynx-anterior end | 188 (101–308) | |||||
Distance genital atrium anterior end | 500 | 383 (184–548) | ||||
Number of testes | 40–90 | 40–90 |
Diameter.
Number deduced from drawings. Note that all localities are from the Mediterranean Sea except Dollfus 1922, Atlantic.