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Female:
- Cuticle smooth with longitudinal ribs.
- Labial region high, offset from adjacent body.
- Amphidial fovea cup-like, situated at the base of lips.
- Odontostyle straight, long, 2.2-2.5 times the labial region.
- Odontophore rod-like, 1.1-1.3 times as long as odontostyle length.
- Esophageal enlargement starting at mid-length.
- Cardia conoid, muscular, surrounded ву intestinal tissue.
- Prerectum and rectum 4.4-7.4 times and 1.1-1.5 times as long as the anal
body diameter, respectively.
- Reproductive system didelphic, amphidelphic; ovaries antidromous.
- Vulva pre-equatorial, in the shape of longitudinal slit. Vulva lips not
sclerotized and not protrading outside the body counter.
- Vagina with muscular walls, extending inwards to half of the
corresponding body diameter. Pars proximalis vaginae 42-47 um long; pars
refringens vaginae consisting of well-developed head arrowshaped or
triangular with light sclerotizations; pars distalis vaginae short.
- Uterus spacious, with spindle-shaped spermatozoa and one to three eggs
measuring 73-90 x 35-38 um.
- Tail long, with proximal conical and distal thin to filiform whiplike
portion. Two pairs of small papillae at basal part of tail.
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Males:
- Anterior body narrowed; body diameter at posterior of
esophagus 5.5-5.7 times as wide the labial region.
- Labial region weakly offset from adjacent body. Lips round,
labial and cephalic papillae small.
- Odontostyle straight and slender, 2.0-2.4 times the labial
region diameter; aperture constituting 35-38% its length.
- Odontophore rodlike, 1.1-1.3 times as long as odontostyle
length. Guiding ring double, thick.
- Amphidial fovea cup-like, wide, occupying 42-47% of the
corresponding body diameter and; at the base of lips.
- Testes paired, opposed, both situated at the left of intestine.
- Spicules robust, 1.9-2.2 times as long as the cloacal body
diameter. Lateral guiding pieces spindle-shaped, 10-12 umlong.
- Precloacal ventro-median supplements ishaped as small papillae;
one adcloacal pair and a series of 38-45 regularly spaced pairs.
- Tail short, conoid-rounded, with 2-3 pairs of small
papillae
Ref: Gusakov and Gagarin, 2015 Reported median body size for this species (Length mm; width micrometers; weight micrograms) - Click:
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