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Table 1 Mean values (± standard deviation, SD) and coefficient of variation (CV in %) of body area, egg area and number of eggs in utero of individuals of Pholeter gastrophilus collected from five striped dolphins, Stenella coeruleoalba, and five bottlenose dolphins, Tursiops truncatus, stranded along the Mediterranean coast of Spain

From: Life-history trade-offs in a generalist digenean from cetaceans: the role of host specificity and environmental factors

Host

Intensity

Body area (mm2)

CV

Egg area (μm2)

CV

Egg number

CV

Uterus area (mm2)

CV

Stenella coeruleoalba

       

Host 1

34

3.01 ± 0.77

25.6

227 ± 46

20.3

4,170 ± 2,391

57.3

0.94 ± 0.53

56.8

Host 2

27

2.51 ± 0.42

15.5

224 ± 44

19.5

2,148 ± 2,183

101.6

0.43 ± 0.40

92.8

Host 3

35

3.63 ± 0.86

23.6

220 ± 39

17.8

5,076 ± 3,414

67.3

1.07 ± 0.68

63.5

Host 4

24

4.09 ± 0.77

18.8

204 ± 30

14.6

6,814 ± 2,945

43.2

1.36 ± 0.57

42.2

Host 5

20

4.31 ± 0.86

20.0

237 ± 36

15.0

5,984 ± 1,556

26.0

1.43 ± 0.44

31.0

Total

140

3.44 ± 0.98

28.4

222 ± 41

18.3

4,719 ± 3,040

64.4

1.02 ± 0.64

62.6

Average per host

28

3.5 ± 0.75

21.43

222 ± 12

5.4

4,838 ± 1,799

37.2

1.05 ± 0.40

38.1

Tursiops truncatus

       

Host 1

33

2.22 ± 0.96

43.2

233 ± 39

16.9

3,914 ± 3,068

78.4

0.88 ± 0.68

77.4

Host 2

5

0.92 ± 0.33

36.1

185 ± 20

10.6

2,125 ± 879

41.4

0.40 ± 0.18

44.7

Host 3

18

1.47 ± 0.23

15.6

149 ± 15

10.4

3,209 ± 1,741

54.2

0.48 ± 0.26

53.0

Host 4

19

1.27 ± 0.28

22.0

154 ± 17

11.2

1,480 ± 1,370

92.2

0.23 ± 0.23

96.5

Host 5

22

2.51 ± 0.53

21.3

169 ± 26

15.3

8,100 ± 2,168

26.8

1.37 ± 0.40

29.2

Total

97

1.89 ± 0.82

43.5

185 ± 45

24.4

4,164 ± 3,236

77.7

0.77 ± 0.61

80.2

Average per host

19.4

1.68 ± 0.66

39.3

178 ± 34

19.1

3,765 ± 2,599

69.0

0.67 ± 0.46

68.7