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Table 2 Meristic and morphometric data for Acanthocotyle spp. from off northern Chile

From: Two new species of Acanthocotyle Monticelli, 1888 (Monogenea: Acanthocotylidae), parasites of two deep-sea skates (Elasmobranchii: Rajiformes) in the South-East Pacific

Species

A. imo n. sp.

A. atacamensis n. sp.

A. gurgesiella Ñacari, SepĂșlveda, Escribano & Oliva, 2018

Host

Amblyraja frerichsi

Bathyraja peruana

Gurgesiella furvescens

Source

Present study (n = 21)

Range (mean)

Present study (n = 21)

Range (mean)

Ñacari et al. [10] (n = 10)

Range (mean)

Body length

3418–8434 (5600)

2571–7702 (5087)

3070–5720 (4190)

Maximum body width

512–1440 (867)

292–931 (689)

630–1180 (940)

Pharynx length

163–354 (248)

186–346 (262)

110–330 (240)

Pharynx width

132–388 (231)

152–309 (234)

150–360 (250)

Pseudohaptor length

704–1473 (1086)

487–1085 (862)

600–1100 (890)

Pseudohaptor width

667–1466 (1038)

416–1075 (840)

640–1250 (910)

No. of sclerite rows in pseudohaptor

30–35 (mode 32)

28

36–40 (mode 38)

Total no. of sclerites in pseudohaptor

268–314 (292)

186–240 (220)

201–331 (270)

No. of testes

32–47 (mode 41)

40–58 (mode 50)

28–43 (mode 35)

Maximum testis width

80–213 (138)

186–346 (262)

30–80 (70)

Germarium length

104–412 (236)

75–243 (159)

130–280 (240)

Germarium width

149–352 (219)

141–267 (204)

160–290 (240)

Seminal receptacle length

104–294 (199)

111–269 (193)

63

Seminal receptacle width

98–246 (173)

103–216 (150)

54–62 (59)

Egg length

218–381 (287)

305–336 (321)

–

Egg width

56–113 (76)

64–93 (79)

–