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Classification:

Chromadorea

  Chromadoria

   Desmodorida

Desmodorina

             Deamodoroidea

                Desmodoridae

      Desmodorinae

    

        Desmodorella Cobb, 1933

      Type species Desmodorella tenuispiculum (Allgen, 1928) Cobb, 1933

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Morphology and Anatomy:

• Annulated cuticle with longitudinal rows of ridges or spines.
•  Lateral alae absent. Head capsule truncated or rounded.
• Large multispiral to loop-shaped amphideal fovea located on head capsule.
• Cephalic setae anterior to or at level of the anterior edge of amphideal fovea.
• Pharynx with rounded or oval posterior bulb

Ref: Leduc and Zhao, 2016

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Copyright © 1999 by Howard Ferris.
Revised: November 21, 2023.