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Table 2 Measurements in millimetres of morphological features of male and female specimens of Pharyngostrongylus kappa and Pharyngostrongylus patriciae from different host species

From: Molecular and morphological characterisation of Pharyngostrongylus kappa Mawson, 1965 (Nematoda: Strongylida) from Australian macropodid marsupials with the description of a new species, P. patriciae n. sp.

Host species

Pharyngostrongylus kappa

Pharyngostrongylus patriciae n. sp.

M. giganteus (n = 10)

O. robustus (n = 10)

O. antilopinus (n = 5)

O. bernardus (n = 10)

Range

Mean

Range

Mean

Range

Mean

Range

Mean

Males

(n = 10)

(n = 10)

(n = 5)

(n = 10)

 TL

7.10–9.60

8.25

5.85–8.60

7.46

5.95–8.20

7.27

5.0–6.05

5.45

 MW

0.32–0.47

0.37

0.23–0.46

0.34

0.21–0.33

0.28

0.16–0.28

0.21

 BC

0.13–0.17

0.15

0.09–0.13

0.11

0.08–0.12

0.11

0.09–0.10

0.09

 BCW

0.02–0.03

0.03

0.02–0.03

0.02

0.03–0.03

0.03

0.02–0.02

0.02

 BCLW

5.60–6.80

5.68

3.33–6.50

3.98

3.20–4.80

4.24

4.25–6.33

5.09

 OE

1.64–1.87

1.74

1.32–1.93

1.57

1.38–1.80

1.52

1.36–1.63

1.48

 NR

0.31–0.38

0.35

0.26–0.38

0.32

0.30–0.36

0.36

0.25–0.30

0.28

 DD

0.09–0.15

0.12

0.08–0.14

0.11

0.06–0.12

0.10

0.07–0.11

0.09

 EP

0.44–0.61

0.52

0.27–0.50

0.41

0.41–0.57

0.50

0.35–0.43

0.37

 SP

2.30–2.68

2.49

2.00–2.46

2.18

2.05–2.30

2.17

1.62–2.35

1.90

Females (n = 10)

 TL

6.70–12.7

9.52

8.05–10.35

9.30

8.50–9.10

8.79

5.45–8.90

6.90

 MW

0.35–0.57

0.46

0.31–0.50

0.40

0.28–0.35

0.32

0.23–0.38

0.3

 BC

0.12–0.17

0.14

0.09–0.11

0.11

0.09–0.09

0.09

0.09–0.11

0.11

 BCW

0.03–0.04

0.03

0.02–0.03

0.02

0.03–0.03

0.03

0.02–0.03

0.02

 BCLW

4.67–6.80

5.68

3.17–5.20

3.86

3.40–5.20

4.34

4.00–6.70

5.13

 OE

1.54–2.23

1.90

1.50–2.17

1.85

1.52–2.01

1.73

1.40–2.20

1.76

 NR

0.3–0.46

0.36

0.30–0.41

0.34

0.28–0.35

0.32

0.26–0.32

0.30

 DD

0.11–0.15

0.12

0.08–0.14

0.10

0.07–0.10

0.10

0.08–0.12

0.11

 EP

0.06–0.61

0.46

0.38–0.56

0.47

0.42–0.56

0.48

0.35–0.51

0.41

 TA

0.43–0.68

0.51

0.34–0.47

0.38

0.35–0.45

0.40

0.24–0.41

0.35

 VU

0.68–1.05

0.85

0.65–0.78

0.68

0.65–0.77

0.70

0.50–0.71

0.70

 VG

0.85–1.35

1.04

0.70–0.98

0.82

0.50–0.75

0.67

0.50–0.73

0.62

  1. Abbreviations: TL total length, MW maximum width, BC buccal capsule length, BCW buccal capsule width, BCLW buccal capsule length to width ratio, OE length of oesophagus, NR distance from anterior end of nerve-ring to anterior extremity, DD distance from deirid to anterior extremity, EP distance from excretory pore to anterior extremity, SP spicule length, TA female tail length, VP distance from vulva to posterior extremity, VA length of vagina