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Neodiplopeltula onusta
A: Mala lateral anterior showing long loop of amphidel fovea; B. Male
anterior showing dorsal stoma opening. Scale bars = 10um
Photomicrographs from Holovachov and Bostrom, 2018 |
- Body length 0.99 to1.48 mm.
- Cuticle finely transversely striated .
- Outer labial sensilla papilliform; cephalic setae 3 to 6.5 um
long, bases of dorsosublateral setae located at level of mouth opening.
- Amphideal fovea inverted U-shape with dorsal limb longer than
ventral limb.
- Mouth opening dorsally.
- Buccal cavity subcylindrical.
- Pharynx subcylindrical, gradually expanding towards posterior end;
valves absent.
- Excretory pore posterior to nerve ring; secretory-excretory duct
very short, leading from pore to ampulla; renette cell small.
- Tail conoid with bluntly rounded terminus. Caudal glands opening via
three separate subterminal openings.
Female:
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Didelphic, amphidelphic, ovaries outstretched.
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Vulva a transverse slit, located posterior to
mid-body.
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Vagina straight.
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Sac-like spermatheca present
Ref: Huang and Guo, 2022
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