Podocotyle nimoyi n. sp. (Digenea: Opecoelidae: Plagioporinae) and a re-description of Podocotyle pearsei Manter, 1934 from five species of deep-sea macrourids from the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea Author Blend, Charles K. Author Dronen, Norman O. Author Armstrong, Howard W. text Zootaxa 2016 4117 4 491 512 journal article 38941 10.11646/zootaxa.4117.4.3 0a1dfed5-5f13-424d-819b-b88e1f545b9b 1175-5326 259700 B672E2F9-9A89-4A79-8CEC-01F51F42B6E0

TABLE 2. Dimensions of Podocotyle nimoyi n. sp. from Nezumia aequalis (Günther) and Sphagemacrurus grenadae (Parr) collected from the northern Gulf of Mexico.

Host Length Width at pharynx Width at VS3 Width at PT3 Forebody L3 Hindbody L	N. aequalis (Macrouridae) ---1 360 912 1,320 ---1 1,420	S. grenadae (Macrouridae) 2,640 456 920 1,120 660 1,460	N. aequalis (Macrouridae) 2,620 [n = 1]3 328–464 (396)3 [n = 2] 616–800 (708) [n = 2] 880–1,000 (920) 608–696 (652) [n = 2] 1,520–1,540 (1,530) [n = 2]
Oral sucker (OS) L OS W3 Prepharynx L	---1 ---1 ---1	216 240 0	216–252 (236) 248–296 (271) 0 [n = 2]
Pharynx L Pharynx W Esophagus L Intestinal bifurc. anterior to VS	92 100 340 144	120 112 168 160	112–136 (123) 96–128 (115) 160–240 (200) [n = 2] 116–180 (148) [n = 2]
Post-cecal region L VS L	128 488	184 544	116–124 (120) [n = 2] 396–480 (433)
VS W AT 3 L	680 240	592 288	484–656 (556) 184–288 (235)
AT W PT L PT W	528 240 544	600 384 560	368–544 (440) 240–440 (309) 416–496 (464)
AT to PT Post-testicular region (PTR) L PTR W at mid-point	0 460 1,180	0 312 904	0 352–384 (368) [n = 2] 616–904 (760) [n = 2]
Cirrus pouch (CP) L CP W Genital pore (GP) to lateral margin GP anterior to VS Pre-ovarian region L Ovary (OV) L	760 96 188 240 ---1 280	704 232 200 240 1,260 292	680 [n = 1] 116–200 (158) [n = 2] 104–148 (126) [n = 2] 180–228 (204) [n = 2] 1,460–1,600 (1,530) [n = 2] 280–352 (323)
OV W VS to OV	272 256	260 144	256–352 (309) 384–480 (424)
OV to AT Vitellarium L Vitellarium W	100 80–108 (97) [n = 5] 40–72 (56) [n = 5]	88 60–80 (67) [n = 5] 40–44 (42) [n = 5]	88–248 (173) 52–104 (77) [n = 15] 32–72 (50) [n = 15]