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Females:
- didelphic-amphidelphic with reflexed ovaries.
- Vulva located slightly pre-median.
- Pars proximalis vaginae surrounded by constrictor muscle
Ref: Leduc, 2013
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Bendiella thalassa A.lateral view of male cuticle; B: Female head
and buccal cavity; C: Rhabdions in anterior and posterior portion of female
buccal cavity. Scale bar = 10 um
Photomicrographs from Leduc, 2013 |
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Males: |
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- diorchic, testes short, outstretched
- re-cloacal supplements absent.
- spicules 1.4 abd,
- gubernaculum consisting of two detached lateral pieces (crurae)
without median portion (corpus or cuneus), and
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Predatory marine nematodes. Recorded from bottom sediments 800-1200 m deep off the coast of New Zealand
Considered voracious predators (as reflected in thee species name;
ingluviosus = Latin for varacious, gluttonus).
Predator.
Copyright 1999 by Howard Ferris.
Revised:
September 03, 2024.