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Females:
- Monodelphic, prodelphic, gobad outstretched and situated entirely to
the right of the midgut.
- Vulva at about 65% of body length
- No postvulvar sac.
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Thalassomonhystera ocycephalata male
A= entire body; B= anterior body; C= posterior body
Bars A= 100 um; B,C =10 um
From Tchesunov and Miljutina, 2005
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Males:
- Monorchic, testis outstretched and situated entirely to the right of
the midgut.
- Spermatocytes relatively large and arranged in one row in the
anterior part of the gonad.
- Spicules short, arcuate, distally pointed and proximally
ending with slightly differentiated knobs.
- Gubernaculum with a dorso-caudal apophysis.
- No supplements.
RefL Tchesunov amd Miljutina, 2005
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Deep sea nematodes. Described from samples of silt at 5569 meters
depth in the Molloy Deep of the Arctic Ocean between Greenland and the
Svalbard archipelgo.
Probably sexually reproducing.