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Table 2 Infection statistics for the ectoparasites and epizoics recovered from one lateral flank and the fluke of each common minke whale, Balaenoptera acutorostrata Lacépède, 1804, (n = 185) landed in Icelandic waters during the period April to September 2003-2007
| Regression of body length against ln(intensity) | Chi test prevalence on females vs. males (df = 1) | Chi test prevalence in April-July vs. Aug-Sep (df = 1) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Habitat† | P (%) | M.I | r | p | χ 2 | p | χ 2 | P | |
| Phylum Arthropoda | |||||||||
| Fam. Caligidae | |||||||||
| Caligus elongatus | all | 11.9 | 95.5 | 0.23 | 0.32 | 1.45 | 0.23 | 28.88 | <0.001 |
| Fam. Pennellidae | |||||||||
| Pennella balaenopterae | B, C, D | 10.3 | 1.6 | - | - | ||||
| Fam. Cyamidae | |||||||||
| Cyamus balaenopterae | all | 6.5 | 37.0 | 0.19 | 0.59 | 5.08 | 0.02 | 13.69 | <0.001 |
| Fam. Lepadidae | |||||||||
| Conchoderma virgatum | B, C (*) | 0.5 | 4.0 | - | - | ||||
| Conchoderma auritum | A (baleen plate) | 0.5 | 1.0 | - | - | ||||
| Fam. Coronulidae | |||||||||
| Xenobalanus globicipitis | D | 1.6 | 5.3 | - | - | ||||
| Phylum Chordata | |||||||||
| Fam. Petromyzontidae | |||||||||
| Petromyzon marinus attached | B, C | 2.7 | 1.0 | - | - | ||||
| P. marinus fresh scars | B, C | 10.6 | na | ||||||
| P. marinus old scars | A, B, C | 45.2 | na | ||||||
| Class Monogenea | |||||||||
| Fam. Udonellidae | |||||||||
| Udonella caligorum** | all | 6.6 | na | ||||||
