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

Table 6 Comparative metrical data for the metacercariae of Diplostomum spathaceum and Diplostomum sp. (Clade Q)

Species	*Dipostomum spathaceum*				*Diplostomum*sp. (Clade Q)
Host	*Cyprinus carpio*L.		*Pseudochondrostoma willkommii(Steindachner);Misgurnus anguillicaudatus(Cantor);Silurus glanis*L.		*Cyprinus carpio*
Locality	Experimental infection		Villafranco del Guadiana and Ebro Delta (Spain)
Source	Niewiadomska [[28]]		Present study		Present study
	Range	Mean	Range	Mean	n =1
BL	340 - 451	398	277 - 453	376	229
BW	170 - 296	217	198 - 295	248	180
HL	-	-	10 - 26	16	0
OSL	42 - 54	48	40 - 57	45	29
OSW	42 - 52	45	36 - 41	39	29
PSL	-	-	44 - 55	48	31 - 32
PSW	-	-	22 - 30	26	15 - 16
VSL	39 - 56	46	30 - 43	38	37
VSW	42 - 59	53	33 - 48	43	42
PHL	25 - 39	31	29 - 43	37	24
PHW	12 - 25	20	19 - 26	23	23
HOL	68 - 93	77	63 - 89	75	50
HOW	62 - 102	85	59 - 90	80	84
No. of excretory granules	c. 300	-	170 - 184	178	c. 215

Abbreviations: BL body length, BW body width, HL primordial hindbody length, 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.

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