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Table 3.

Measurements and ratios of Prosorhynchus spp. from Cephalopholis spp. % refers to % of body-length.

Species Prosorhynchus robertsthomsoni
Prosorhynchus longisaccatus
Host Cephalopholis argus
Cephalopholis urodeta
n 7
1
min. max. mean
Length 1,088 1,256 1,171 836
Width 251 291 270 333
Previtelline distance 192 281 238 192
Precaecal distance 345 474 399 261
Pre-uterine distance 117 298 245 289
Pre-mouth distance 504 577 540 458
Pretesticular distance 390 654 549 326
Pre-ovarian distance 467 676 559 341
Rhynchus length 112 144 130 223
Rhynchus width 97 145 122 166
Rhynchus to vitellarium distance 82 144 108 0
Rhynchus to uterus distance 79 170 131 58
Rhynchus to caecum distance 231 475 309 36
Long vitelline field 247 319 284 288
Short vitelline field 181 264 236 228
Caecum length 84 120 103 138
Caecum width 68 114 96 125
Pharynx length 42 53 48 67
Pharynx width 44 55 51 75
Ovary length 83 98 90 81
Ovary width 75 99 87 62
Distance between ovary and anterior testis 0 0 0 0
Anterior testis length 86 100 93 90
Anterior testis width 81 109 96 81
Distance between testes 0 89 34 30
Posterior testis length 75 107 91 82
Posterior testis width 61 109 88 96
Posterior testis to cirrus-sac 0 0 0 0
Cirrus-sac length 308 417 368 340
Cirrus-sac width 96 141 119 161
Seminal vesicle length 134 185 152 ?
Seminal vesicle width 37 59 47 ?
Pars prostatica length 346 523 435 ?
Pars prostatica width 59 128 95 ?
Post-testicular distance 350 460 405 375
Post-vitelline distance 588 713 653 406
Cirrus-sac reach 428 550 505 427
Post-ovarian distance 440 604 512 421
Post-genital pore distance 53 113 74 58
Egg length 32 38 34 30
Egg width 16 20 18 20
Width % 22.5 24.3 23.1 39.8
Previtelline distance % 17.7 23.3 20.3 23.0
Precaecal distance % 31.6 38.0 34.1 31.3
Pre-uterine distance % 10.8 25.7 20.9 34.5
Pre-mouth distance % 44.8 47.5 46.0 54.8
Pretesticular distance % 35.9 52.5 46.7 39.0
Pre-ovarian distance % 42.9 56.0 47.7 40.8
Rhynchus length % 9.95 12.4 11.1 26.7
Rhynchus width % rhynchus length 82.8 106 94.2 74.4
Longest vitelline field % 19.8 26.3 24.3 34.4
Caecal length % 6.7 10.4 8.9 16.4
Ovary length % 7.12 8.51 7.72 9.66
Anterior testis length % 7.23 8.84 7.94 10.8
Distance between testes % 0 8.14 2.96 3.59
Posterior testis % 6.77 9.79 7.81 9.85
Posterior testis to cirrus-sac % 0 0 0 0
Cirrus-sac length % 27.7 33.7 31.4 40.6
Seminal vesicle length % cirrus-sac length 35.0 44.5 39.0 ?
Post-testicular distance % 30.9 39.6 34.7 44.9
Post-vitelline distance % 53.0 58.1 55.8 48.6
Cirrus-sac reach % 38.6 48.0 43.1 51.0
Post-ovarian distance % 36.4 48.8 43.7 50.3
Post-genital pore distance % 4.56 10.4 6.28 6.99

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