Parasites & Vectors

Table 2 Dimensions, nucleus characteristics and form proportions of Mikrocytos spp. according to sampling areas and years

From: Descriptions of Mikrocytos veneroïdes n. sp. and Mikrocytos donaxi n. sp. (Ascetosporea: Mikrocytida: Mikrocytiidae), detected during important mortality events of the wedge clam Donax trunculus Linnaeus (Veneroida: Donacidae), in France between 2008 and 2011

Sample origin	Histology^a				TEM^a
Sample origin	No. of cells examined	Mean diameter (μm)	Diameter range (μm)	Eccentric nucleus (%)	No. of cells examined	Cell dimension range (μm)^b	Nucleus dimension range (μm)^b	Eccentric nucleus (%)	Dense form (%)
Quiberon 2008	200	1.91	1.08–3.2	80	20	2–4.72 × 1.31–4	0.94–2.22 × 0.56–2	75	80
Quiberon 2010	200	1.88	1.25–2.73	85	nd	nd	nd	nd	nd
Oléron 2010	200	2.01	1.19–3.01	71	nd	nd	nd	nd	nd
Audierne 2010	90	2.05	1.49–2.71	75	nd	nd	nd	nd	nd
Audierne 2011	200	1.79	1.16–2.94	76	20	1.83–3.2 × 1.07–2.42	0.68–1.38 × 0.59–1.09	85	100
Douarnenez 2011	200	2.15	1.28–3.17	87	12	2.03–3.79 × 1.60–2.50	0.73–1.70 × 0.71–1.26	75	75

^aThese observations were performed both on intracellular and extracellular parasites; the cell position of the parasites was not taken into account in the observations
^bLength × width
Abbreviation: nd not done

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