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- Medium-sized
body about for the genus, about 800 um long
Female:
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Body straight to slightly ventrally curved, tail minute, anus
subterminal.
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Reproductive system didelphic-amphidelphic, ovaries reflexed, two
finely granular oviduct cells located near tip of reflexed ovary and
spermatheca or proximal part of uterus differentiated by presence of
sperm.
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Vagina pear-shaped, rather short, surrounded by well-developed
sphincter muscles and provided with small, closely-spaced vaginal
sclerotised pieces.
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One pair of post-advulval sublateral body pores located 9.5-18 um
from vulva
- One
pair of anterior sublateral body pores ca four vulval body diam.
anterior to vulva.
Male
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Cuticle slightly to moderately swollen upon fixation, slightly
swollen at tail tip.
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Lip
region rounded, marked by four slightly raised double papillae (four
cephalic and four subdorsal and subventral outer labial papillae).
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Amphids with slit-like opening just posterior to lip region and
funnel-shaped fovea.
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Pharyngostome with slight ventrally curved onchiostyle with onchium
about half as long.
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Pharynx gradually widening to a glandular bulb
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Pharyngeal bulb offset, with three visible (of the total of five)
gland nuclei, dorsal gland nucleus at posterior third of bulb,
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Two cervical papillae anterior to secretory-excretory pore
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Reproductive system monorchic, with germinal zone rather long (68
um) and long vesicula seminalis, packed with sperm with
sausage-shaped nucleus
- Spicules
39 um
long, slightly ventrally curved, and blade with slight indentation
mid-way and striation more pronounced in posterior half.
- Gubernaculum parallel to spicules
Reported median body size for this species (Length mm; width micrometers; weight micrograms) - Click:
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