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Table 2 Population of the two parasitic nematodes in the two Parafontaria millipedes

From: Symbiosis of the millipede parasitic nematodes Rhigonematoidea and Thelastomatoidea with evolutionary different origins

Host

Parasitic nematodes

 

Male densities1 and prevalence2

Female densities1 and prevalence2

Juvenile densities1 and prevalence2

Total prevanence2

Co-infection prevalence

Parafontaria laminata CU (N = 113)

 R. naylae

3.38 (2.31–4.38)

3.43 (1.93–6.07)

7.16 (5.00–9.76)

31.0%

10.6%

11.5% (N = 13)

12.4% (N = 14)

22.1% (N = 25)

N = 35

N = 12

 

 T. claudiae

1.5*

1.75 (1.00–2.55)

8.13 (5.48–12.45)

27.4%

 

1.8% (N = 2)

3.5% (N = 4)

27.4% (N = 31)

N = 31

Parafontaria tonominea species complex CU (N = 82)

 R. naylae

10.99 (9.55–12.7)

11.47 (9.86–13.07)

24.03 (18.61–33.57)

96%

72%

89% (N = 73)

90% (N = 74)

92% (N = 75)

N = 79

N = 59

 

 T. claudiae

1.90 (1.40–2.60)

5.93 (4.77–7.32)

4.53 (2.47–8.05)

72%

 

24% (N = 20)

68% (N = 56)

23% (N = 19)

N = 59

  1. 1Mean densities and confidence intervals with 95% confidence limit (in brackets) were calculated by Bootstrap Confidence interval method
  2. 2% Of the infected millipede among all millipede examined
  3. *Confidence intervals were not calculated if the sample size was too small