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Females:
- Body length 0.5-3.3 mm; slender to very slender.
- Cuticle smooth.
- Head rounded; not offset from body contour.
- Labial papillae small but visible.
- Amphid apertures visible; slit-like or oval; 2-6 head diameters
behind head.
- Esophagus long, widening posteriorly; with 7 gland nuclei.
- Monovarial, opisthodelhic; with or without anterior uterine sac.
- Vulva closed; vagina slender..
- Tail varies among species; c' = 6-36.
See photographs of general
morphology of Alaimidae
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