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All stages:
- Excretory pore situated posteriorly
(33-61% of body length), excretory
duct variable, apparently perpendicular to body line (T.
clavicaudatus, T. piperis, T. saltensis), directed forward (T.
floridensis, T. obscurus), or directed posteriorly (T.
mangenoti).
- Tail long, slender-conoid, finely rounded tip.
- Body encapsulated
in round, brittle structure.
Female:
- Fixed into root by anterior part of body only.
- Body swells on ventral side, curls tightly (more than 360
degrees).
- Circumoral disc protrudes prominently.
- Anus obscure, lips of anus slightly raised.
- No uterine cyst.
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