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Female.
- Body cylindrical, slightly curved ventrally after fixation.
- Cuticle finely annulated, 2um thick; lateral fields with
three incisures.
- Lip region continuous with body contour; six small
lips amalgamated in pairs, and small oval amphid openings.
- Stoma panagrolaimoid, with distinct cheilo-, gymno- and
stegostom;
- Pharynx panagrolaimoid; corpus cylindrical, isthmus slender;
basal bulb spheroid, with grinder.
- Cardia conoid, surrounded by intestinal tissue.
- Nerve ring at isthmus level; secretory-excretory pore
opening at level of basal bulb,
- Reproductive system monodelphic-prodelphic, located on the
right side of intestine; postuterine sac 1.2-1.4 times the
corresponding body diameter long; vagina less than half of the
body width;
- Vulva with protruding lips, posterior to middle of body.
Rectum 1.1-1.2 times abd.
- Tail conical-elongate, with pointed tip. Phasmids at 33-36%
of tail length.
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Male.
- Monorchic, with testis reflexed ventrally.
- Tail conical, distally curved with acute terminus.
- Three subventral pairs of precloacal genital papillae, two
of them within the region of spicules.
- Five pairs of postcloacal genital papillae: two ventral, one
lateral and two subdorsal pairs.
- Phasmids at 26% of tail length from cloaca.
- Spicules curved ventrally: manubrium rounded; calamus short,
straight; lamina slightly curved ventrally, with dorsal hump and
pointed terminus.
- Gubernaculum well developed, less than half of the
spicule length.
Ref: Seddiqi et al., 2016
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