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Table 6 Number of specimens of each slug species collected in Swansea and Bristol, pooling urban and suburban environments in each area

From: Distribution of Angiostrongylus vasorum and its gastropod intermediate hosts along the rural–urban gradient in two cities in the United Kingdom, using real time PCR

Species

Swansea

Bristol

Urban and suburban

Rural

Urban and suburban

Rural

A. rufus

49

19

22

5

A. flagellus

18

9

98b

17b

A. subfuscus

1

0

4

1

A. distinctus

0

0

0

3

A. owenii

0

0

0b

12b

A. ater

0

0

11

5

A. fasciatus

0

0

3

0

D. reticulatum

3

0

69

24

L. maximus

0

1

10

2

L. maculatus

18a

0a

21

9

T. sowerbyi

0

4

2b

20b

Total

89

33

240

98

  1. Super-scripts show significant differences (p < 0.05) using Chi-square when comparing: a(sub-)urban and rural localities in Swansea; b(sub-)urban and rural localities in Bristol