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Males:
- Monorchic, testis outstretched to near mid-body, spermatocytes
arranged in single row.
- Bursa leptoderan, extending from near head of spicules to about 1
cbd. from tail tip.
- Cloacal opening protruding slightly.
- Spicules tylenchoid, ventrally arcuate, slightly
cephalated anteriorly, , calomus with subtle constriction, proximal
part of lamina lacking distinct expansion or tumulus. Gubernaculum
simple, crescentic.
Ref: Huston et al., 2024
Reported median body size for this species (Length mm; width micrometers; weight micrograms) - Click:
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Females:
- Body elongate, vermiform, ventrally arcuate
- Cuticle distinctly annulated. Lateral field with six incisures,
29-56% of body diam.
- Lip region low, anteriorly flattened, lacking annulation,
continuous with body contour; cephalic
framework weakly developed.
- Stylet delicate; knobs small, rounded. Dorsal pharyngeal gland
orifice just posterior to stylet.
- Pharynx with procorpus cylindrical; metacorpus fusiform,
muscular, with distinct refractive
valve; isthmus narrow, encircled by nerve ring about mid-length; basal
pharyngeal bulb pyriform,
slightly overlapping intestine rectum tubular, narrow; anal opening
not protuberant.
- Hemizonid just posterior to nerve ring; excretory pore just
posterior to hemizonid
- Monodelphic-prodelphic. Ovary outstretched, extending to mid-body,
oocytes in a single row.
- Oviduct narrow, spermatheca elongate containing spheroid
sperm and maturing oocytes; crustaformeriajoining elongate,
joining bulbous anterior uterus.
- Vulva located in posterior 25% of body, lips slightly protruding.
Vagina perpendicular to slightly
anteriorly directed
- Post-vulval uterine sac 1.9-4.4 x vbd.
- Tail elongate, conical, terminus pointed.
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