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Table 6

Measurements of Derogenes sp. “limula”. from Parablennius tentacularis off Trieste, Italy and Derogenes spp. first described from the Mediterranean. *Diameter. 1We included measurements from the redescription of Rudolphi’s specimen by Lühe (1901) as the original description did not provide any measurements.

Species Derogenes sp. “limula D. affine (Rudolphi, 1819) D. latus Janiszewska, 1953 D. minor Looss, 1901 D. ruber Lühe, 1900 D. robustus Brinkmann, 1967
Host Parablennius tentacularis Scorpaenopsis cirrosa 1 Mullus barbatus Labrus merula C. lastoviza Serranus scriba
Locality Trieste, Italy, CM Rimini, Italy, CM Split, Croatia, CM Trieste, Italy, CM Trieste, Italy, CM Rhodes, Greece, CM
Source Present study [41]1 [25] [3] [3] (Brinkmann, 1967)
Number of specimens 1 1 1 2 1
Body length 855 1400 2022 7869 2600
Body width 253 400 477 1847 850
Forebody 399 983 × 500 3765 × 1714
Hindbody 320 706 × 366 2750 × 959
Preoral lobe length 43 22 88
Ventral sucker 732 × 723 250* 800 × 630 349 × 321 1257 × 123 550*
Oral sucker 391 × 455 190* 500 × 450 222 × 207 655 × 708 250*
Pharynx 177 × 214 180 × 160 91 × 96 254 × 275
Sinus sac 150 × 211 97 × 92 289 × 291
Seminal vesicle 102 × 35 310 × 90 119 × 32 291 × 134
Left testis 170 × 237 340 × 190 115 × 88 271 × 353
Right testis 160 × 225 136 × 101 256 × 280
Ovary 267 × 289 340 × 110 129 × 107
Left vitelline mass 508 × 217 540 × 350 180 × 103 546 × 658
Right vitelline mass 483 × 312 204 × 109 550 × 446
Eggs 61 × 39 45 × 20 56 × 26 58 × 39 62 × 39 55 × 30

Abbreviations: CM, Central Mediterranean.

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