Table 3 Diversity indices for the infracommunities (Mean richness, observed richness, extraplolated richness, Shannon–Wiener and Simpson dominance ± 95% confidence interval).

From: The macroparasite fauna of cichlid fish from Nicaraguan lakes, a model system for understanding host–parasite diversification and speciation

Host-lake combination

Mean richness

Observed richness

Extrapolated richness and estimated bootstrap s.e.

Shannon–Wiener

Simpson

Nicaragua

Amphilophus citrinellus

2.50 ± 1.00

8

8.48 ± 1.29

0.12 ± 0.10

0.36 ± 0.11

Amphilophus labiatus

3.47 ± 0.72

7

7.00 ± 0.48

0.37 ± 0.10

0.36 ± 0.11

Parachromis spp.

3.66 ± 1.84

9

11.86 ± 4.28

0.41 ± 0.14

0.35 ± 0.15

Amatitlania nigrofasciata

2.00 ± 2.00

3

4.50 ± 2.25

0.34 ± 0.41

0.25 ± 0.55

Archocentrus centrarchus

1.00 ± 0.67

2

2.00 ± 0.34

0.14 ± 0.22

0.47 ± 0.27

Cribroheros longimanus

1

1

1.00 ± 0.20

0

0

Cribroheros rostratus

3

3

4.00 ± 2.00

0.17 ± 0.21

0.21 ± 0.23

Hypsophrys nematopus

2.25 ± 1.05

9

16.42 ± 10.85

0.30 ± 0.17

0.25 ± 0.20

Hypsophrys nicaraguensis

1.87 ± 0.81

8

12.21 ± 6.76

0.40 ± 0.16

0.55 ± 0.18

Vieja sp.

4

4

4.18 ± 0.58

0.21 ± 0.36

0.64 ± 0.32

p-value

p < 0.01

  

p < 0.05

0.191

Managua

Amphilophus citrinellus

2.44 ± 0.69

10

10.00 ± 0.58

0.26 ± 0.07

0.30 ± 0.07

Amphilophus labiatus

4.20 ± 0.91

6

6.00 ± 0.21

0.63 ± 0.15

0.40 ± 0.16

Parachromis spp.

2.00 ± 1.95

5

5.88 ± 1.97

0.25 ± 0.23

0.25 ± 0.23

Cribroheros rostratus

1.00 ± 1.03

3

3.22 ± 0.66

0.07 ± 0.24

0.72 ± 0.23

Hypsophrys nematopus

1

1

1.00 ± 0.28

0

0

Oreochromis sp.

0.50 ± 0.66

2

2.94 ± 1.92

0

0.84 ± 0.20

p-value

p < 0.001

  

p < 0.05

0.310

Asososca León

Amphilophus citrinellus

3.00 ± 0.55

7

7.98 ± 2.20

0.29 ± 0.08

0.22 ± 0.09

Parachromis spp.

2.28 ± 1.02

5

5.47 ± 1.27

0.18 ± 0.15

0.19 ± 0.15

Oreochromis sp.

2.33 ± 1.51

4

5.85 ± 3.49

0

0.38 ± 0.19

p-value

0.227

  

0.085

0.085

Apoyeque

Amphilophus citrinellus

2.09 ± 0.42

3

3

0.39 ± 0.16

0.22 ± 0.10

Parachromis spp.

2

5

12.50 ± 7.57

0.34 ± 0.39

0.23 ± 0.28

p-value

0.864

  

0.860

0.860

Xiloá

Amphilophus amarillo

2.92 ± 0.73

6

6.00 ± 0.25

0.21 ± 0.15

0.18 ± 0.16

Amphilophus sagittae

3.60 ± 0.62

6

6.00 ± 0.35

0.04 ± 0.11

0.08 ± 0.12

Amphilophus xiloaensis

3.11 ± 0.90

7

7.47 ± 1.26

0.11 ± 0.15

0.16 ± 0.16

Parachromis spp.

5.50 ± 0.97

6

8.72 ± 4.03

0.07 ± 0.22

0.03 ± 0.22

Amatitlania nigrofasciata

1.12 ± 1.14

3

3.43 ± 1.18

0

0.62 ± 0.27

Cribroheros longimanus

4

3

4.00 ± 2.00

0.23 ± 0.30

0.12 ± 0.49

Cribroheros rostratus

2.50 ± 1.32

4

4.41 ± 1.13

0.45 ± 0.29

0.31 ± 0.34

Hypsophrys nematopus

0.75 ± 2.20

2

2.00 ± 0.49

0.09 ± 0.26

0.64 ± 0.28

Hypsophrys nicaraguensis

2.20 ± 1.47

5

5.00 ± 0.46

0.46 ± 0.24

0.29 ± 0.10

p-value

p < 0.001

  

0.1248

p < 0.01

Masaya

Amphilophus citrinellus

2.58 ± 0.65

6

7.93 ± 3.63

0.11 ± 0.13

0.29 ± 0.14

Cribroheros longimanus

3

3

5.00 ± 2.92

0.23 ± 0.43

0.50 ± 0.46

Hypsophrys nematopus

3

2

2

0.69

0.5

p-value

0.128

  

0.180

0.200

Apoyo

Amphilophus astorquii

3.63 ± 0.68

7

7.00 ± 0.34

0.55 ± 0.12

0.33 ± 0.14

Amphilophus chancho

3.37 ± 0.69

7

7.00 ± 0.21

0.44 ± 0.12

0.37 ± 0.12

Amphilophus zaliosus

4.76 ± 0.77

8

8.00 ± 0.47

0.40 ± 0.11

0.24 ± 0.13

Amphilophus globosus

4.00 ± 1.95

5

5.33 ± 0.77

0.39 ± 0.14

0.19 ± 0.08

Parachromis spp.

3.33 ± 1.77

5

5.11 ± 0.40

0.95 ± 0.40

0.55 ± 0.41

Amatitlania nigrofasciata

1.28 ± 1.17

3

3.00 ± 0.39

0.04 ± 0.16

0.14 ± 0.18

p-value

p < 0.001

  

p < 0.001

p < 0.01

  1. s.e. standard error.
  2. p-values according to Kruskall–Wallis test.
  3. Italic values denotes the Midas cichlids.
  4. Significance values are given in bold.