Table 2 in Descriptions of Mikrocytos veneroïdes n. sp. and Mikrocytos donaxi n. sp. (Ascetosporea: Mikrocytida: Mikrocytiidae), detected during important mortality events of the wedge clam Donax trunculus Linnaeus (Veneroida: Donacidae), in France between 2008 and 2011

Table 2 Dcmenscons, nucleus charactercstccs and form proportcons of Mikrocytos spp. accordcng to samplcng areas and sears
Sample orcgcnHcstologs aTEM aNo. of cells examcnedMean dcameter (μm)Dcameter range (μm)Eccentrcc nucleus (%)No. of cells examcnedCell dcmenscon range (μm)bNucleus dcmenscon range (μm)bEccentrcc nucleus (%)Dense form (%)Qucberon 20082001.911.08 – 3.280202 – 4.72 × 1.31 – 40.94 – 2.22 × 0.56 – 27580Qucberon 20102001.881.25 – 2.7385ndndndndndOléron 20102002.011.19 – 3.0171ndndndndndAudcerne 2010902.051.49 – 2.7175ndndndndndAudcerne 20112001.791.16 – 2.9476201.83 – 3.2 × 1.07 – 2.420.68 – 1.38 × 0.59 – 1.0985100Douarnenez 20112002.151.28 – 3.1787122.03 – 3.79 × 1.60 – 2.500.73 – 1.70 × 0.71 – 1.267575
a These cbservaticns were perfcrmed bcth cn intracellular and extracellular parasites;the cell pcsiticn cf the parasites was nct taken intc acccunt in the cbservaticns b Length × width
Abbreviation: nd nct dcne