Table 1 Morphometric features of A. daskalovi and comparative data for other Angiostrongylus spp. identified in mustelids
Feature/Species | A. daskalovi | A. daskalovi | Angiostrongylus sp. (badger) | A. vasorum | A. gubernaculatus | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Source | Present study | Janchev & Genov [7] | Gerrikagoitia et al. [8] | Costa et al. [23] | Dougherty [13] | |
Male | (n = 7) | |||||
Body length (mm) | 15.8–20.5 | 13.4–21.3 | 19.4 ± 7.7 | 12.4 | 18.0–19.5 | |
Body width (μm) | 253–331 | 254–306 | 243 ± 20 | 243 | 300 | |
Distance from excretory pore to cephalic end (μm) | 227–526 | 386–463 | 409 ± 25 | 373 | ||
Oesophagus length (μm) | 312–335 | 336–366 | 333 ± 18 | 220–275 | 300–355 | |
Spicule length (μm) | shorter | 322–352 | 336–409 | 346 ± 24 | 410–485 | 510–560 |
longer | 337–380 | |||||
Female | (n = 16) | |||||
Body length (mm) | 24.0–34.0 | 14.4–31.1 | 25.0 ± 14.0 | 15.6 | 22.0–24.0 | |
Body width (μm) | 366–852 | 340–511 | 345 ± 18 | 268 | 350 | |
Distance from excretory pore to cephalic end (μm) | 454–618 | 379–636 | 447 ± 102 | 403 | ||
Oesophagus length (μm) | 305–456 | 356–556 | 368 ± 17 | 240–280 | 335–350 | |
Distance from vulva to anus (μm) | 203–515 | 295 ± 46 | 141 | |||
Distance from vulva to caudal end (μm) | 286–612 | 269–412 | 366 ± 44 | 205 | 205–250 | |
Distance from anus to caudal end (μm) | 60–193 | 76–115 | 79 ± 3 | 67 | 75–90 | |
Vulvar opening (length/width, μm) | 38–40/4–5 | |||||
Anus (length/width, μm) | 8–10/2–3 | |||||