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Table 4 Occurrence data of microsporidian species in native and invaded amphipod populations

From: Invaders, natives and their enemies: distribution patterns of amphipods and their microsporidian parasites in the Ruhr Metropolis, Germany

Microsporidian species

Native populations (Boye catchment)

Invaded populations (Rivers Emscher, Lippe, Ruhr)

Site number

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

Dictyocoela duebenum / D. muelleri- complex

 

x

 

x

x

   

x

x

x

x

x

    

Dictyocoela berillonum

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

    

x

 

x

  

Cucumispora dikerogammari

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

 

x

     

x

 

Microsporidium sp. G

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

  

x

x

x

    

Microsporidium sp. 505

x

  

x

x

 

x

x

 

x

x

      

Microsporidium sp. 515

   

x

x

     

x

      

Microsporidium sp. BPAR3

      

x

x

   

x

x

  

x

 

Microsporidium sp. nov. RR1

x

x

x

x

     

x

       

Microsporidium sp. nov. RR2

 

x

x

      

x

 

x

     

Microsporidium sp. I

  

x

x

  

x

x

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

  1. Numbers 1–17 refer to the localities sampled. See Additional file 1 for explanation. Dashes indicate microsporidians that were either not found in native or invaded populations
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