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Table 1 Morphometry of Capillariidae species with measurements of length, width, plug width, plug thickness and shell thickness

From: Machine learning approach to support taxonomic species discrimination based on helminth collections data

Species

Length (μm)

Width (μm)

Plug base W (μm)

Plug base H (μm)

Shell (μm)

Shell ornamentation

Mean

Amplitude

Mean

Amplitude

Mean

Amplitude

Mean

Amplitude

Mean

Amplitude

 

Aonchotheca annulosa

53.11

49.28–55.96

28.04

26.03–32.60

8.91

7.23–10.28

3.50

2.52–4.58

2.66

1.98–3.36

4

Aonchotheca baylisi

46.56

44.75–50.14

26.50

24.92–28.97

7.75

6.40–9.28

3.85

2.69–5.27

2.66

1.78–3.48

4

Aonchotheca erinacei

54.81

52.67–57.37

30.98

27.99–33.70

9.66

7.99–12.26

3.00

1.83–4.04

2.50

1.64–3.09

4

Aonchotheca murissylvatici

53.10

50.75–55.70

26.17

24.91–27.82

8.43

7.33–9.74

3.74

2.75–4.83

2.80

2.29–3.42

2

Aonchotheca myoxinitelae

57.74

55.44–61.57

25.83

24.77–26.76

8.25

6.83–9.24

3.21

2.47–4.06

1.68

1.34–2.11

4

Aonchotheca pulchra

49.52

46.15–52.96

30.89

28.15–34.40

8.52

7.42–9.38

4.09

2.77–5.68

1.82

1.41–2.32

1

Baruscapillaria obsignata

47.46

42.17–51.78

27.94

24.76–33.45

9.97

7.13–12.94

2.84

1.09–4.62

1.77

1.18–2.52

3

Baruscapillaria rudolphi

54.34

52.57–57.56

24.84

22.88–26.84

8.33

6.74–9.37

4.01

3.34–4.85

2.18

1.78–2.61

3

Baruscapillaria spiculata

53.17

51.48–55.69

27.02

24.11–30.47

1.85

9.17–12.01

2.67

1.98–3.61

2.38

1.88–2.79

2

Baruscapillaria falconis

54.30

52.54–55.85

26.23

25.28–28.19

7.95

6.92–8.68

3.32

2.51–4.06

1.51

1.00–2.54

4

Baruscapillaria resecta

68.12

65.47–70.39

30.53

29.58–31.81

9.56

8.37–10.79

3.88

2.87–5.07

2.73

1.85–3.43

4

Capillaria venusta

60.21

54.01–63.29

30.00

21.95–32.27

9.95

8.56–11.65

3.60

2.54–4.60

2.83

1.45–3.98

4

Capillaria colaris

52.33

46.91–56.82

26.46

23.81–30.03

8.32

7.24–9.04

3.36

2.20–4.64

1.46

0.84–2.22

3

Capillaria brasiliana

46.45

43.10–50.24

21.41

19.06–22.88

8.80

7.23–10.66

2.67

1.66–3.6

2.05

1.63–2.86

2

Capillaria exigua

55.10

52.73–56.73

26.33

25.18–27.12

8.06

7.13–9.08

2.84

1.94–3.59

1.61

1.31–1.98

4

Calodium hepaticum

55.44

50.07–62.02

30.42

27.38–33.84

8.08

7.07–9.86

4.24

3.16–5.18

4.34

3.26–5.57

2

Echinocholeus hydrochoeri

49.34

46.18–51.74

25.14

22.43–27.62

6.72

5.92–7.91

3.78

2.58–5.00

2.65

1.59–3.63

2

Echinocholeus auritae

57.69

56.13–59.84

26.13

24.71–27.82

7.74

6.85–8.80

4.84

3.99–6.15

2.72

2.1–3.51

3

Eucoleus perforans

39.86

37.06–42.81

20.41

18.15–23.94

6.37

5.43–7.45

2.50

2.05–3.38

1.57

1.08–2.24

2

Eucoleus annulatus

65.36

61.45–68.78

26.75

24.87–27.71

8.56

6.24–10.22

3.33

2.47–5.33

1.13

0.78–1.63

2

Eucoleus contortus

51.07

46.70–54.07

26.24

24.49–28.21

8.03

6.71–9.62

2.36

1.59–3.77

1.42

1.08–1.82

2

Eucoleus dubius

52.14

47.07–55.25

23.62

22.40–25.57

8.82

7.73–9.80

3.43

2.44–4.24

2.28

1.76–2.73

3

Eucoleus eberthi

65.89

63.15–69.82

29.27

28.55–29.86

9.59

8.53–10.55

5.30

4.23–7.01

1.59

1.25–1.97

2

Eucoleus bacilatus

63.09

60.53–68.29

32.78

32.04–33.65

11.24

9.70–12.95

4.78

3.86–6.05

3.97

3.17–4.63

2

Eucoleus madjerdae

53.41

51.81–55.10

29.23

28.41–29.99

10.38

8.82–11.19

3.29

2.16–4.53

2.13

1.53–2.53

2

Eucoleus dispar

63.42

60.34–68.39

29.65

28.19–32.81

8.89

7.63–10.93

3.94

2.79–5.40

2.90

2.34–3.68

4

Pearsonema plica

62.62

60.30–65.32

27.47

26.35–28.76

9.62

8.48–10.87

4.47

3.40–5.28

2.24

1.71–2.55

3

Tridentocapillaria tridens

60.60

57.39–63.33

27.54

25.84–29.81

8.34

7.04–9.23

2.84

1.99–4.22

2.86

2.49–3.13

4

  1. Shell ornamentations: 1, smooth; 2, punctuated; 3, reticulated type I; 4, reticulated type II