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Females: swollen, have single ovary, vulva
subterminal, eggs deposited in matrix.
- Vermiform to saccate, C-shaped when heat-killed.
- Body narrowing abruptly behind vulva
- Lip region hemispherical, nor offset; labial framework weak
- Stylet well-developed, large knobs.
- Distorted anteriorly due to constriction of host cells.
- Metacorpus large, oblong; isthmus slender
- Excretory pore at 65-80% of body length
- Spermatheca large, filled with sperm
- Vulval lips bulging prominently; monodelphic, prodelphic, vulva
at 90% of body length; postuterine sac absent.
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Male:
- Body slender, ventrally arcuate
- Lip region hemispherical with weak fremework.
- Stylet knobs small.
- Tail ending in a peg-like tip.
- Spicules curved, no bursa
Juveniles have a forked tail tip esemblig a mucro. This feature
distinguishes T. furcus from other species of the genus; it is
the etymological basis of the species name.
Ref: Van den Berg and Spaull, 1982
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