Table 6 Measurements of adult B. polymorphus recovered from juvenile pikeperch definitive hosts experimentally infected with metacercariae from infected intermediate hosts A. bjoerkna, P. semilunaris and N. melanostomus
From: Non-native gobies facilitate the transmission of Bucephalus polymorphus (Trematoda)
Fluke size (in μm, N = 20) | Egg size (in μm, N = 200) | Number of eggs (N = 20) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Intermediate host origin: | Length (mean ± S.D.) | Width (mean ± S.D.) | Length (mean ± S.D.) | Width (mean ± S.D.) | Undamaged (mean ± S.D.) | Defformed (mean ± S.D.) |
Abramis bjoerkna | 2065 ± 200 | 368 ± 66 | 31 ± 2 | 19 ± 2 | 674 ± 152 | 39 ± 31 |
Proterorhinus semilunaris | 1986 ± 274 | 382 ± 70 | 31 ± 2 | 20 ± 2 | 677 ± 197 | 38 ± 24 |
Neogobius melanostomus | 1987 ± 272 | 362 ± 52 | 31 ± 2 | 19 ± 1 | 534 ± 197 | 40 ± 31 |