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Table 4

Morpho-anatomical metrical data for female specimens (immature with or without ovarian balls, and gravid) and male specimens (all stages of development combined) of Acanthogyrus (Acanthosentis) cf. tilapiae from Coptodon guineensis at Sebkha Imlili. Data are averages in μm, followed by ranges in parentheses and number of specimens studied in italics. L = length; W = width; na = data not available.

Immature females Gravid females Males
Proboscis L 76 (28–115) 11 86 (56–105) 12 97 (59–414) 20
W 70 (53–105) 11 71 (54–95) 12 79 (41–362) 20
Neck L 66 (21–94) 10 84 (60–117) 10 83 (53–177) 12
W 41 (21–83) 10 29 (16–48) 10 28 (14–74) 12
Trunk L 1202 (348–1990) 26 3411 (2014–5755) 27 1298 (388–2715) 50
W 308 (103–522) 25 599 (307–873) 27 345 (117–647) 50
Receptacle L 144 (53–227) 11 231 (150–328) 24 148 (66–411) 22
W 48 (24–64) 11 76 (51–108) 24 65 (29–237) 22
Lemniscus 1 L 464 (268–720) 14 796 (346–1461) 13 427 (270–880) 25
W 29 (10–52) 15 60 (37–101) 13 35 (14–57) 28
Lemniscus 2 L 383 (156–516) 6 716 (399–1049) 13 533 (358–840) 8
W 32 (10–51) 5 51 (30–79) 12 40 (15–84) 34
Hook I (ant.) blade 40 (32–50) 16 38 (26–52) 17 36 (27–43) 29
root 26 (19–39) 16 25 (17–36) 17 24 (17–30) 29
Hook II (med.) blade 12 (10–12) 3 15 (12–17) 9 13 (10–17) 13
root na na na
Hook III (post.) blade 15 (11–21) 8 13 (10–17) 13 13 (11–18) 17
root 11 (10–13) 6 12 (8–16) 12 14 (10–18) 15
Trunk spines # rows 38 (33–43) 8 35 (27–45) 9 34 (25–40) 10
Genital/trunk ratio 648 (178–1730) 36
Eggs L 31 (22–36) 22
W 14 (10–21) 14
Testis (ant.) L 220 (19–492) 36
W 158 (20–295) 28
Testis (post.) L 219 (33–485) 30
W 181 (16–280) 31
Cement gland L 174 (140–210) 5
W 125 (100–150) 5
Säefftigen’s pouch L 220 (150–250) 5
W 67 (50–75) 5
Everted bursa L 148 (100–250) 5
W 118 (100–180) 5

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