Table 3 Reference, hosts, geographic location, prevalence, spore and plasmodia measurements (in μm) from all reports to date on Hoferellus carassii Akhmerov, 1960

Reference

[9]

[22]

[23]

[17]

[24]

[12]

[12]

[25]

[26]

Present study

Host/s

C. auratus C. carpio

C. gibelio

C. carassius C. auratus

C. auratus

C. carassius

C. auratus

C. gibelio

C. auratus

C. gibelio

C. auratus

Geographic location

Japan

Russia

Japan

Japan

Spain

USA

Slovakia

Germany

China, Russia

Czech Republic

Prevalence

-

-

-

-

3.7 %

-

11.8 % (2/17)

-

-

23.1-51.1 %

Host location

Renal tubules of kidney and ureters

Renal tubules

Occasionally intracellular

Intracellular and intraluminal renal tubules

Urinary bladder

-

Renal tubules

Urinary bladder and ureter

Kidney and renal tubules

Kidney, ureters and urinary bladder

Spore shape

Monk’s hood, slightly attenuated at the posterior end

Goblet-like

-

Monk’s hood, spindle-shaped in profile; ovoid from above

Oval

Miter like, elongated, rarely almost oviform

Appear less elongated than in C. auratus auratus

Long and almost oviform

Sharp anterior end, round posterior end

Miter-like, sometimes round

Spore length

10-13

12

11.5-16.9

12.2 (11.2-14)

11-14

13 (11-15.2)

10.6 (9.5-11.4)

13.07 ± 1.06

12

13.1 ± 2.1 (10.2-17.3)

Spore width

5

6-6.5

6.3-10.2

6.3 (5.6-7)

9-10

7.5 (6.2-9)

6 (5-6.6)

8.44 ± 0.64

6-6.5

9.6 ± 1.2 (7.6-11.8)

Thickness

-

6-6.5

4.3-7.1

6.1 (4.3-7)

7-8

4.6 (4.2-6)

3.8 (3.6-4.5)

7.58 ± 0.67

6-6.5

7.1-7.4

Length of polar capsules

3.8

5.3-5.5

3.2-4.9

4 (2.4-4.2)

3.5-5

4.2 (3.3-5)

4.8 (4.4-5)

3.89 ± 0.34

5.3-5.5

4 ± 0.7 (2.8-5.8)

Width of polar capsules

2

2.6-2.8

1.7-2.3

2.9 (2.6-2.9)

2-4

2.4 (2-2.6)

2.8 (2.6-3)

2.33 ± 0.2

2.6-2.8

2.4 ± 0.5 (1.8-3.6)

Length of polar filaments-

15

-

-

53.8 (35-77)

35

-

-

-

-

-

Coils of polar filament

-

-

-

7-8

5-6

5 (4-6)

-

-

6

Posterior width

-

-

-

-

-

-

4.12 ± 0.4

-

6.3 ± 0.7 (5.2-7.9)

Length of caudal filaments

5.8

4.2-11.1

5.8 (4.2-7)

4.5-7

4.5-6

-

4.01 ± 0.56

-

5.4 ± 1.2 (3.9-8)

Number of caudal filaments /ridges

8/8

20/-

8/8

8 (7-10)/8(7-10)

7-8/6

18-22

-/18-20

-

20/8-10

10/14-15 per valve

Plasmodia length

-

-

12-169

27.5 (16-129)

38-42.5

-

40

18.56 ± 4.3

-

27.9 ± 8.8 (13.5-41)

Plasmodia width

-

-

-

24.6 (13.6-61.2)

15.5-17

-

22

12.21 ± 2.39

-

19.9 ± 5.5 (12.5-30.2)

Spores per plasmodia

3-4

-

1-4

6 (3-21)

3-6

-

Up to 4

-

-

1-3