Chromaspirina vanreuselae

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Bpdy long and slenedr, blunt head, conico-cylindrical tail
Cuticle annulated without ornamentation.
Short, somatic setae in eight longitudinal rows in pharyngeal region with a few posterior; each seta accompanied by a longitudinal row of tiny pores .
Somatic setae in tail region out in seven rows
Non-annulated head region with six small inner and six larger outer labial setae; four hollow cephalic setae at mid-level of the amphids.
Amphid fovea spiral, 1.2 turns, with posterior end between the first three body annuli.
Seven cervical setae
Lip region with a crown of 15 cheilorhabdia; Buccal cavity with huge dorsal tooth and smaller single ventral tooth in esophastome.
Pharynx crenate with gradually enlarged postcorpus;
Tail conicocylindrical; spinneret with distinct valve.

	Males: Monorchic, testis slender Spicules falcate with thickly cuticularized lamina, distinct capitulum and well developed velum. Gubernaculum arcuate 27 to 31 thorn-like precloacal supplements Caudal glands extending dorsally above the capitulum of the spicules Females: Didelphic, amphidelphic, ovaries reflexed. on left and right of intestine Vulva protruding from the surrounding body cuticle Caudal glands extending up to the rectum. Ref Verschelde and Vincx, 1996
Chromaspirina vanreuselae A: female; B. head regio;. C.pharyngeal region;. D. vulva; E. tail. Drawings from .Verschelde and Vincx, 1996

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