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Fig. 3

From: Underexplored diversity of gill monogeneans in cichlids from Lake Tanganyika: eight new species of Cichlidogyrus Paperna, 1960 (Monogenea: Dactylogyridae) from the northern basin of the lake, with remarks on the vagina and the heel of the male copulatory organ

Fig. 3

Measurements used in the descriptions of the new species of Cichlidogyrus. Abbreviations: A, anchor (DA, dorsal anchor; VA, ventral anchor; a, total length; b, blade length; c, shaft length; d, guard length; e, point length); DB, dorsal bar (h, auricle length; w; maximum straight width; x, total length; y, distance between auricles); VB, ventral bar (x, length of one ventral bar branch; w, maximum width); H, hook length; MCO, male copulatory organ straight length; Ct, copulatory tube curved length; He, heel straight length; Ap, accessory piece straight length; Vg, vagina (V, vagina total length; v, vagina width)

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