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Female:
- Relatively small and stout bunonematids,.
- Ornamentation on right side consisting of 12-21 pairs of
tubercles firmly attached to nematode body and arranged in two
rows, a single tubercle posteriorly; each tubercle with usually
two (sometimes 3-4) thickened rods;.
- Polygonal pattern between tubercles rather coarse,
irregular, extending nearly to dorsal and ventral ridges; pattern
becoming obscure on tail
- In cross-section, left lateral crawling ridge bilobed, the
other four entire .
- Lip region on right side consisting of a central
projection flanked by two smooth, posteriorly lobed setae; a pair
of setae located dorsally and ventrally, and a papilla located
between each of these setae and the lobed setae .
- On left side, a pair of smooth setae subventrally and
subdorsally, their bases obscured by leaflike tetrafurcate setae .
- Stoma cylindrical; cheilorhabdions, telorhabdions distinct,
the last forming a small posterior chamber.
- Esophagus rhabditoid, metacorpus prominent; basal bulb
with crescentic thickenings of the ventral and subdorsal rays
embracing the bulb flaps; haustrulum with three short rods.
- Nerve ring crossing esophagus at isthmus.
- Excretory pore opposite basal bulb.
- Gonads didelphic, amphidelphic, and reflexed. Sperms absent.
- Rectum about twice as long as the body width at the
rectointestinal junction .
- Tail conical, tapering to a fine tip
Male:
Ref: Bernard, 1979.
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