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Table 4

Morphometric data of metacercariae with morphological traits of Cryptocotyle spp. (n = 192) from naturally infected whiting (n = 54) and pout (n = 26) and bibliographic references. Measurements are expressed in mm (Average (min–max)) and round number at 2 digits.

Parasites from whiting Parasites from pout Cryptocotyle lingua Cryptocotyle lingua Cryptocotyle lingua Cryptocotyle concava Cryptocotyle jejuna
Stage of maturity Metacercariae Metacercariae Metacercariae Adult Metacercariae Metacercariae Metacercariae
Body shape Linguiform to pyriform Linguiform to pyriform / Linguiform to pyriform Linguiform to pyriform Oval Elongated
Total length 0.57 (0.31–0.92) 0.55 (0.31–0.69) 0.58–0.68 0.55–2.00 0.39–0.92 0.42 /
Width 1 0.23 (0.06–0.32) 0.22 (0.13–0.36) 0.18–0.21 0.20–0.90 0.11–0.31 0.37 /
Width 2 0.14 (0.05–0.39) 0.15 (0.08–0.21) / / 0.14–0.25 / /
Oral sucker length 0.06 (0.03–0.24) 0.05 (0.04–0.08) 0.05–0.06 0.07–0.11 0.03–0.06 0.06 0.05
Oral sucker width 0.06 (0.03–0.28) 0.06 (0.04–0.12) 0.05–0.06 / / / /
Ventrogenital complex length 0.02 (0.01–0.03) 0.02 (0.01–0.05) 0.02–0.03 0.12–0.25 0.02–0.05 / /
Ventrogenital complex width 0.02 (0.01–0.03) 0.02 (0.01–0.04) 0.02–0.03 / / / /
Distance from oral sucker to end of pharynx 0.12 (0.06–0.16) 0.11 (0.06–0.22) / 0.03–0.05 0.07–0.12 0.05 (0.01–0.04) 0.03 (±0.01)
Distance between oral sucker and pharynx 0.02 (0.00–0.06) 0.02 (0.00–0.07) / / / / /
Intestinal branches 0.16 (0.05–0.31) 0.16 (0.11–0.23) / 0.28–0.32 0.06–0.19 / /
Pharynx length 0.04 (0.02–0.06) 0.04 (0.03–0.08) 0.03–0.04 / / / /
Pharynx wide 0.02 (0.01–0.04) 0.02 (0.01–0.05) 0.02–0.03 / / / /
This study This study Borges et al. [7] Ransom [6] Duflot et al. [20] Goncharov et al. [30] Goncharov et al. [30]

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