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Table 1 Measurements (in micrometres) for the two new species of Cichlidogyrus described in this study

From: Deep-water parasite diversity in Lake Tanganyika: description of two new monogenean species from benthopelagic cichlid fishes

Character

C. brunnensis n. sp.  (n = 30)

C. attenboroughi n. sp.  (n = 30)

 

Range

Mean

n

Range

Mean

n

Total body length

493.9–772.5

657.1

3

436–344.7

378.9

10

Ventral anchor

 Total length

38.1–42.7

41.6

25

30.2–34.5

32.8

21

 Length to notch

36.6–45.9

40.0

24

25.2–30.4

27.4

18

 Inner root length

3.3–15.2

11.8

19

5.9–10.4

8.0

18

 Outer root length

2.4–7.6

5.4

11

 

4.6

12

 Point length

10.6–16.0

13.5

23

3.3–5.3

8.2

 

Dorsal anchor

 Total length

30.2–36.6

33.1

20

25.8–33.6

29.9

23

 Length to notch

25.0–29.4

27.1

19

18.3–26.5

23.0

20

 Inner root length

5.6–12.7

10.5

19

7.3–11.2

9.2

21

 Outer root length

0.9–5.0

4.0

16

3.4–8.0

5.1

18

 Point length

7.3–10.0

8.7

20

6.0–8.8

7.4

17

Ventral bar

 Branch length

32.3–48.2

38.5

19

30.4–41.0

34.7

26

 Branch maximum width

8.2–10.4

9.2

22

4.0–5.8

5.1

28

Dorsal bar

 Maximum straight width

35.8–51.1

43.5

15

31.8–44.6

38.1

24

 Thickness at midlength

6.8–10.6

8.2

23

4.1–6.7

5.6

28

 Distance between auricles

14.6–22.2

17.4

21

9.3–15.5

13.0

23

 Auricle length

5.7–14.8

11.1

15

13.6–23.1

18.4

14

Hooks

 First pair

13.7–19.2

16.2

11

11.1–16.8

11.9

28

 Second pair

14.8–18.7

16.1

14

12.3–18.1

16.3

25

 Third pair

15.5–20.9

17.6

18

13.4–21.9

17.9

22

 Fourth pair

14.1–18.4

16.5

12

19.9–23.4

21.5

15

 Fifth pair

11.2–15.4

13.3

11

10.2–14.1

11.6

11

 Sixth pair

15.1–27.6

18.0

9

18.4–22.9

20.3

11

 Seventh pair

17.0–23.0

18.7

9

15.0–22.5

17.2

10

MCO straight length

40.1–69.4

48.6

17

 

 

 Copulatory tube curved length

24.5–45.3

37.8

16

47.4–64.5

52.8

27

 Accessory piece curved length

29.6–44.8

37.2

14

35.9–53.2

43.4

22

 Heel straight length

10.0–4.8

7.6

28