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- Slender nematodes without sexual dimorphism.
- Fine cuticular striation.
- Head offset and narrower than body.
- Stylet short, 7-10 µm with small, rounded knobs.
- Esophageal bulb not muscular and with small valve.
- Dorsal esophageal glands abutting to slightly overlapping
intestine; subventral glands overlapping intestine ventrally.
- Excretory pore anterior, at level of stylet knobs.
- Female gonad monovarial, prodelphic with postuterine sac.
- Male with slender spicules, simple gubernaculum and bursa
extending from about 1 cloacal body diameter anterior to cloaca to a
similar distance posterior.
- Tail conoid with short pointed terminus.
(Zhao et al., 2013)
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