Oxystomina paraclavicaudata

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Rev: 03/07/2022

Females:

• Monodelphic, opisthodelphic' anterior uterus reduced to short branch.
• Vulva at 35% of body length
• Pre- and post-vulval papillae present
• Tail similar to male.

Ref Quang et al., 2008

Males:  

• Body slender, thin and long.

  Head rounded. Buccal cavity absent. Labial papillae minute, difficult to observe outer labial setae also small. four cephalic setae very short

  Cuticle smooth and thick (1.8 um).

  Amphid typical for the genus: elongated, with cuticular border horse-shoe shaped, located at 24um from anterior end.

  Pharynx slender, enlarged posteriorly.

  Nerve ring positioned at 155 um from anterior end. 

  Epidermal gland cells scattering over body.

  Secretory-excretory gland cell situated before posterior part of pharynx. Excretory pore slightly cuticularized.

  Cardia triangular, intestine thin-walled.

  Monorchic, testis short

  Spicules curved, gubernaculum short.

  Two precloacal setae anterior to cloacal opening

  Three caudal glands within the tail. 

  Tail conical cylindrical with clavate tip, spinneret indistinct, no terminal seta

Reported median body size for this species (Length mm; width micrometers; weight micrograms) - Click: