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Body almost
cylindrical, ventrally curved after
fixation. Cuticle smooth .
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Head region continuous with neck;
six lipswith 6 + 4 papillae. Amphid with oval aperture 3-5 um
wide, 9-12 μ m from anterior end.
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Buccal cavity large, goblet-shaped,
about twice as long as wide, with thick, heavily
cuticularised vertical walls. Dorsal
wall with a sharp, tooth, directed
forward, located in the anterior half of buccal cavity at 56-62%
from its base; Six transverse rows of
rasp-like denticles on subventral walls
of sbuccal cavity posterior to the dorsal tooth.
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Two foramina present at the base of
buccal cavity lying close to each other.
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Nerve ring and excretrory pore
between 32 and 37% of neck length,.
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Cardia conoid,
surrounded by intestinal tissue.
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Didelphic-amphidelphic. Ovaries
more or less straight, reflexed and with a single row of
oocytes. Uterus short, 0.3-0.5 vbd.
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Vagina with parallel
walls, less than half vbd; pars
refringens vaginae with two boot-shaped sclerotisations.
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Vulva not protruding and located
near mid body.
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Rectum 0.7-0.8 times abd.
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Tail arcuate, bent ventrad. Caudal
glands in tandem, spinneret opening terminal.