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Cheiropteronema striatum Male: 1, anterior; 2, section at anterior
body; 3, secrion at mid-body; 4, section at posterior bodty; 5,
caudal bursa;; 6, gobernaculum; 7, genital cone; 8, spicules
Drawings from Olviedo et al., 2010 |
Females:
- Didelphic-amphidelphic, vulva post-equatorial
- Egg surface punctate
- Tail with four small terminal tubercles: two subdorsal, one ventral,
and
one median.
Ref: Oviedo et al., 2010
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Males:
- Caudal bursa relatively small with globose rays. Dorsal ray
well-developed, with five branches: two lateral pairs and an elongated,
triangular median branch. Ray 8 arises almost from the base of the
dorsal ray. Ray 2 is shorter than ray 3, which in turn is shorter than
the remaining rays
- Genital cone well-developed and complex, triangle-shaped
- Spiules equal in size, symmetrical with trifid tips and lateral
wings.
- Gubernaculum thin, flattened.
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