Exploring the diversity of Diplostomum (Digenea: Diplostomidae) in fishes from the River Danube using mitochondrial DNA barcodes

Table 5 Comparative metrical data for metacercariae of Diplostomum spathaceum

Host Source	Multiple hosts^a Present study		Gasterosteus aculeatus L.; Salvelinus alpinus (L.) Faltýnková et al. [16]				Cyprinus carpio L. Pérez-del-Olmo et al. [3]
	Fixed		Live		Fixed		Fixed
Variable	Range (n = 21)	Mean	Range	Mean	Range	Mean	Range	Mean
BL	288–415	346	360–570	498	262–574	376	277–453	376
BW	241–333	288	252–332	286	171–313	235	198–295	248
HL	17	17	36–80	53	22–67	41	10–26	16
PSL	46–61	53	–	–	35–40	37	44–55	48
PSW	24–36	29	–	–	–	–	22–30	26
OSL	40–54	47	44–65	57	44–64	52	40–57	45
OSW	37–52	46	44–72	60	41–72	50	36–41	39
PHL	30–42	38	36–51	42	29–45	35	29–43	37
PHW	16–26	21	20–32	26	16–19	17	19–26	23
VSL	38–51	45	35–55	45	40–56	49	30–43	38
VSW	48–61	54	38–62	50	34–53	43	33–48	43
AVS	135–248	181	–	–	–	–	–	–
HOL	67–99	84	78–131	104	72–82	77	63–89	75
HOW	92–130	112	83–181	131	63–95	81	59–90	80

Abbreviations: BL body length, BW body width, HL hindbody length, PSL pseudosucker length, PSW pseudosucker width, OSL oral sucker length, OSW oral sucker width, PHL pharynx length, PHW pharynx width, VSL ventral sucker length, VSW ventral sucker width, AVS distance from anterior extremity of body to ventral sucker, HOL holdfast organ length, HOW holdfast organ width
^a Acipenser ruthenus L.; Abramis brama (L.); Blicca bjoerkna (L.); Chondrostoma nasus (L.); Leuciscus aspius (L.); Rutilus pigus (Lacépède); Rutilus rutilus (L.); Vimba vimba (L.); Silurus glanis L.

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