Females:
Small nematodes, 0.3-1.0 mm.
Cuticle smooth with scattered somatic setae.
Lip region contuous with body contour
Cephalic setae present.
Amphids circular, 1 to 3 head widths widths from
anterior; this character distinguishes Eumonhystera from
Monhystera.
Esophafus without termianl bulb.
Rectum short.
Ocelli in some aquatic forms.
Monovarial, vulva at about 65%. Vulva-anus
distance generally shorther than tail.
Tail mainly filiform with long spinneret.
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