Table 1.
Morphometric comparisons of
Maxvachonia chabaudi
Mawson, 1972 (Nematoda: Cosmocercidae) (measurements in millimetres).
| Characteristics |
Present study Male Female |
Mawson (1972) Male Female |
| Length of body (BL) |
2.07‒2.24 |
7.20‒14.6 |
2.30‒2.70 |
6.00‒15.5 |
| Length of entire oesophagus (OL) 0.26‒0.34 |
0.44‒0.68 |
0.37‒0.52 |
0.57‒0.98 |
| OL/BL (%) |
12.6‒15.1 |
3.63‒8.39 |
13.7‒20.0 |
5.59‒10.8 |
| Distance excretory pore from anterior end |
0.21‒0.26 |
0.31‒0.48 |
0.20‒0.33 |
0.27‒0.63 |
| Distance nerve ring from anterior end 0.11‒0.14 |
0.16‒0.30 |
0.15‒0.33 |
0.15‒0.32 |
| Spicules length (SL) |
0.09‒0.12 |
‒ |
0.12‒0.13 |
‒ |
| SL/BL (%) |
4.26‒5.43 |
‒ |
4.80‒5.22 |
‒ |
| Gubernaculum length |
0.11‒0.15 |
‒ |
0.13‒0.16 |
‒ |
| Number and arrangement of caudal papillae (pairs) |
6, 3, 6 |
‒ |
6, 3, 6 |
‒ |
| Vulva from anterior end (VA) |
‒ |
0.41‒0.65 |
‒ |
0.38‒0.80 |
| VA/BL (%) |
‒ |
3.82‒7.32 |
‒ |
4.03‒7.36 |
| Length of tail (TL) |
0.15‒0.20 |
1.50‒3.65 |
N/A |
1.50‒4.20 |
| TL/BL (%) |
7.24–8.91 |
20.3‒30.3 |
N/A |
19.6‒30.3 |
| Hosts |
marine toad |
skinks |
| Country |
Australia |
Australia |
persistent identifier: http://table.plazi.org/id/DF01B7900F2E6738FF5FFF26FEBFD607
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.15135710