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Table 2

Morphometric comparisons of Rhadinorhynchus cololabis. Abbreviations: TL, trunk length; SP, size of proboscis; NRP, number of longitudinal rows of proboscis hooks; NHPR, number of hooks per longitudinal row; SAS, size of anterior trunk spines; SPS, size of posterior trunk spines; SPR, size of proboscis receptacle; SAT, size of anterior testis; SPT, size of posterior testis; LL, length of lemnisci; NCG, number of cement glands; SE, size of eggs. All measurements are in millimetres.

Source Present study
Laurs & McCauley, 1964 [23]
Host Cololabis saira
Cololabis saira
Characteristics Morphotype I
Morphotype II
Male (n = 26) Female (n = 4) Male (n = 4) Female (n = 23) Male (n = 6) Female (n = 6)
TL 5.77–11.1 9.78–26.6 7.67–9.09 9.76–24.69 9.20–12.2 18.0–26.7
SP 1.26–1.84 × 0.16–0.23 2.03–2.42 × 0.22–0.26 1.47–1.70 × 0.19–0.20 1.65–2.09 × 0.20–0.26 1.60–1.96 × 0.13–0.20
NRP 10–12 10–12 10–12 10–12 10 10–12
NHPR 20–22 20 20 20–21 20–21
SAS 0.028–0.068 0.039–0.068 0.034–0.048 0.034–0.077 0.028–0.046 0.041–0.059
SPS 0.033–0.072 0.058–0.092 0.044–0.063 0.053–0.089 0.034–0.051 0.060–0.074
SPR 2.15–3.02 × 0.24–0.37 2.66–4.12 × 0.27–0.42 2.36–2.63 × 0.23–0.32 2.93–3.97 × 0.24–0.38 2.40–3.14 × 0.23–0.30 2.32–3.50 × 0.26–0.33
LL 1.54–2.98 2.02–2.15 2.17–2.44 1.59–3.37 2.40–3.14 2.32–3.50
SAT 0.61–1.80 × 0.17–0.56 N/A 0.98–1.39 × 0.32–0.59 N/A 1.20–1.76 × 0.40–0.70 N/A
SPT 0.66–1.68 × 0.27–0.51 N/A 0.88–1.44 × 0.29–0.51 N/A 0.80–2.20 × 0.35–0.60 N/A
NCG 4 N/A 4 N/A 4 N/A
SE N/A 0.048–0.073 × 0.015–0.039 N/A 0.034–0.097 × 0.01–0.02 N/A 0.057–0.075 × 0.009–0.014

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