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Hopperia macramphida male. a. anterior (buccal cavity, cephalic
setae, amphidial fovea
and pharyngeal bulb); b. posterior (spicules, gubernaculums, precloacal
supplements and
caudal glands; c. male cloacal region
Drawings from Sun et al., 2018 |
Males:
- Body cylindrical, tapering slightly towards anterior.
- Cuticle punctated from level of amphidial fovea to near tail
tip; lateral differentiation of irregularly-spaced larger dots.
- Head set-off by depression at level of cephalic setae. Inner labial
sensilla not seen, six outer labial papillae and four cephalic setae (4
um long) in separate circles.
- Amphidial fovea spiral, five turns, 96% of body diam wide, located
immediately posterior to cephalic setae,
- Anterior portion of buccal cavity cup-shaped.; posterior portion
cylindrical, cuticularized, 5 um wide, 30 um deep, with three strongly
cuticularized teeth at border with anterior portion.
- Pharynx cylindrical with terminal bulb; cardia short; ventral gland
large located posterior to cardia; excretory pore 110 um from anterior
- Diorchic, testes opposed, outstretched, anterior to left and
posterior to right of intestine.
- Spicules paired, equal, arcuate, 1.4 cbd. long, with swollen
proximal end and central internal 1/3 of length from proximal end.
- Gubernaculum with bent dorso-caudal apophyses
- papilliform precloacal
supplements,
- Tail 122 um long, conico-cylindrical with clavate end, bearing
several short caudal setae and three terminal setae.
- Three caudal glands
Females:
Ref Sun et al., 2018
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