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Body medium length (<1 mm).
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Cuticle loosely attached, finely striated,
striation ending at cloacal aperture level in male and at anus level
in female.
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Lateral fields not differentiated.
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Lip region rounded, three lip sectors, inner
edge of lips more heavily cuticularised, rounded.
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Six tiny labial sensilla and four cephalic
sensilla.
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Buccal cavity wide, triangular cross section,
longer than lip region diam.
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Cheilostom anisomorphic, in lateral
view ventral wall longer than dorsal wall, ventrally segmented in
posterior part.
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Gymnostom anisomorphic joining cheilostom
dorsally to produce an internally protuberant ridge.
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Esophageal collar anisomorphic, dorsally
enveloping dorsal ridge.
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Amphids elliptical, about one lip region
diam. posterior from anterior head.
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Nerve ring at anterior end of isthmus.
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Esophagus panagrolaimoid.
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Secretory-excretory pore anterior to nerve
ring and in posterior region of corpus.
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Deirids slightly anterior to nerve ring.
Hemizonid not observed.
Female:
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Monodelphic, prodelphic, ovary antidromously
reflexed and extending posterior to vulva.
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Oocytes initially in multiple rows then in a
single row.
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Postvulval uterine sac present, about 1.5 abd
long, mostly filled with sperm and functioning as a spermatheca.
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Vulva opening at 55% of body length, lips
slightly protruding with a funnel-like cuticular protrusion anterior
to vulva and designated as "vulval sac".
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Tail elongated thread-like, aboutseven anal
body diam. long.
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Phasmids difficult to discern, located ca one
anal body diam. posterior to anus.
Male:
- Monorchic, testis reflexed.
- Spicules and gubernaculum absent.
- Seven pairs of genital papillae.
- Cloacal aperture covered by a trapezoidal cloacal flap and with
a single ventral papilla at its base
- Bursa well developed, supported by promenent rays
Ref Slos et al (2018)
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