Morphological and molecular characterization of Crassicauda anthonyi in Cuvier’s beaked whales from the Canary Islands

Table 1 Life history data of stranded Cuvier’s beaked whales (Ziphius cavirostris) and parasitological analysis (morphological and molecular)

CaseNo	ID Code	Sex	Age	BC	Locality	CC	PGO	MA	PGME
1	CET86	F	A	Good	TF	4	Yes	No	No
2	CET103	M	S/J	Good	FV	3	Yes	No	No
3	CET108	F	A	Good	TF	4	Yes	No	No
4	CET113	F	S/J	Poor	TF	3	No	No	No
5	CET181	M	S/J	ND	FV	2	Yes	No	No
6	CET182	M	S/J	ND	FV	2	Yes	No	No
7	CET183	M	S/J	ND	FV	2	Yes	No	No
8	CET184	M	S/J	ND	FV	2	Yes	No	No
9	CET186	M	S/J	ND	FV	3	Yes	No	No
10	CET187	M	A	ND	LZ	4	Yes	No	No
11	CET188	M	A	ND	LZ	4	Yes	No	No
12	CET189	F	A	ND	FV	5	Yes	No	No
13	CET208	F	S/J	Good	LG	4	Yes	No	No
14	CET236	F	C	Good	LGra	3	No	No	No
15	CET263	M	S/J	Poor	LZ	5	Yes	No	No
16	CET264	F	A	Good	FV	5	Yes	No	No
17	CET265	M	A	Good	FV	5	Yes	No	No
18	CET294	F	A	Good	FV	5	Yes	No	No
19	CET304	F	C	Poor	FV	4	No	No	No
20	CET322	M	A	ND	GC	5	No	No	No
21	CET352	ND	S/J	Poor	TF	4	No	No	No
22	CET471*	F	S/J	Good	FV	2	Yes	No	No
23	CET503*	F	A	ND	GC	5	No	No	No
24	CET576*	F	A	Good	LZ	2	Yes	No	No
25	CET579*	M	S/J	Moderate	TF	4	Yes	No	No
26	CET591*	F	A	ND	TF	4	Yes	No	No
27	CET593*	M	A	Good	GC	5	Yes	CA593	CA593
28	CET620*	M	A	ND	GC	5	Yes	CA620	CA620
29	CET624*	F	A	Good	LGra	3	Yes	CA624	CA624
30	CET645*	M	S/J	Fair	LZ	3	Yes	CA645	CA645
31	CET646*	M	A	Good	FV	4	Yes	No	No
32	CET680	F	N	Fair	GC	5	No	No	No
33	CET688*	F	A	ND	GC	5	Yes	No	No
34	CET712*	F	S/J	Good	FV	5	Yes	No	No
35	CET719*	F	A	Fair	LZ	4	Yes	CA719	CA719
36	CET720	ND	A	ND	FV	5	Yes	CA720	CA720
37	CET770	M	A	Good	TF	3	Yes	CA770	CA770
38	CET771	F	A	Good	TF	2	Yes	No	No
39	CET818	M	S/J	ND	GC	4	Yes	No	No
40	CET833	ND	S/J	Poor	TF	4	Yes	No	No
41	CET855	M	A	ND	GC	4	Yes	No	No
42	CET914	F	S/J	Very Poor	LZ	2	Yes	CA914	CA914
43	CET998	F	A	ND	LZ	4	Yes	No	No
44	CET1027	M	S/J	Fair	TF	2	Yes	No	No
45	CET1048	M	S/J	Poor	GC	2	Yes	No	No
46	CET1074	M	A	Fair	TF	2	Yes	No	No
47	CET1242	F	A	ND	GC	4	Yes	CA1252	CA1252
48	CET1256	F	A	Poor	EH	5	Yes	CA1256	CA1256
49	CET1268	M	A	Good	GC	2	Yes	CA1258	CA1258
50	CET1290	F	A	ND	TF	4	Yes	No	No
51	CET1311	M	S/J	Good	LZ	4	Yes	No	No

Sex: Female (F), Male (M). Age: Adult (A), Subadults/Juveniles (S/J), Calf (C), Neonate (N). Body condition (BC). Locality: Gran Canaria (GC), Tenerife (TF), Fuerteventura (FV), Lanzarote (LZ), La Graciosa (LGr), El Hierro (EH). Conservation Code (CC): Code 1 (extremely fresh carcass), Code 2 (fresh carcass), Code 3 (moderate decomposition), Code 4 (advanced decomposition), and Code 5 (mummified or skeletal remains). Not determined (ND). Parasite grossly observed during necropsy (PGO). Morphological analysis of collected parasites during necropsy (MA). Parasitic genetic material extracted for molecular analysis (PGME). ^*Animals analyzed in Diaz-Delgado et al. [4]

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