Molecular and morphological evidence for three species of Diplostomum (Digenea: Diplostomidae), parasites of fishes and fish-eating birds in Spain

Table 5 Comparative metrical data for adults of Diplostomum spathaceum and D . pseudospathaceum

Species	*Dipostomum spathaceum*		*Dipostomum pseudospathaceum*
Host	*Larus fuscusL.,Larus ridibundus*L.	*Larus argentatus michahellisNaumann;Larus ridibundus*L.	*Larus ridibundus*L.	*Larus ridibundus*L.
Locality	Lake Mamry (Poland)	Ebro Delta (Spain)	Lake Mamry (Poland)	Ebro Delta (Spain)
Source	Niewiadomska [[27]]	Present study	Niewiadomska [[27]]	Present study
TL	up to 4,000	1,971 - 2,189	up to 3,600	2,884
FBL	1,110 - 1,480	782 - 1,155	1,030 - 1,720	1,075
FBW	590 - 850	504 - 726	400 - 680	526
HBL	1,560 - 2,920	1,252 - 1,368	960 - 2,190	1,891
HBW	560 - 660	387 - 575	420 - 720	163
OSL	57 - 95	71 - 93	67 - 78	69
OSW	74 - 102	70 - 92	68 - 95	73
PSL	102 - 153	109 - 155	51 - 115	128
PSW	-	44 - 62	-	49
VSL	78 - 95	65 - 95	68 - 103	67
VSW	89 - 102	80 - 99	62 - 119	85
HOL	238 - 374	150 - 236	153 - 335	126
HOW	259 - 399	202 - 288	163 - 388	118
PHL	59 - 74	55 - 89	44 - 74	53
PHW	51 - 74	45 - 59	47 - 66	35
ATL	185 - 540	171 - 203	188 - 503	132
ATW	421 - 629	154 - 224	296 - 629	75
PTL	348 - 592	190 - 317	255 - 666	237
PTW	466 - 658	240 - 399	370 - 666	315
OVL	138 - 222	87	111 - 187	79
OVW	163 - 236	83	142 - 238	78
FO/BL (%)	31 - 48	40 - 43	41 - 58	37
Egg-length	-	89 - 99	-	96 - 110
Egg-width	-	61 - 66	-	58 - 63

Abbreviations: TL total body length, FBL forebody length, FBW forebody width, HBL hindbody length, HBW hindbody width, OSL oral sucker length, OSW oral sucker width, PSL pseudosucker length, PSW pseudosucker width, VSL ventral sucker length, VSW ventral sucker width, HOL holdfast organ length, HOW holdfast organ width, PHL pharynx length, PHW pharynx width, ATL anterior testis length, ATW anterior testis width, PTL posterior testis length, PTW posterior testis width, OVL ovary length, OVW ovary width, FO/BL (%) forebody as a percentage of body length.

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