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Females:
- Didelphic-amphidelphic, with both genital branches well and
equally developed.
- Oviduct with a slender part of prismatic cells and a poorly
developed pars dilatata with small lumen.
- Uterus long (2.9-4.0 body diam. long) and complex, with
thicker proximal region with a wide lumen, a long, slender
mid-region with a pars musculosa and a small, nearly spherical,
distal pars dilatata with narrow lumen.
- Vagina extending inwards 45 or 50%)of body diam., pars
proximalis surrounded by circular musculature; pars refringens
18-19 μm broad, pars distalis 6-7 μm long.
- Vulva at 51-54% of body length; longitudinal, appearing as
a depression measuring ca 15 μm long.
- Prerectum 1.9 or 2.5, rectum 1.2 or 1.3 anal body diam. long.
- Tail short and rounded, three pairs of caudal pores, one
subdorsal situated nearly at level of anus, the other two
subterminal.
Ref: Pena-Santiago (2019)
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Males:
- Genital system diorchic with testes opposed.
- Prerectum 4.3-6.4, cloaca 1.6-1.7 times longer than body
diam. at cloacal aperture.
- A precloacal pair of supplements and 20-25, nearly
contiguous, ventromedian supplements.
- Spicules curved ventrad, 5.4-6.1 times as long as wide,
and 1.7-1.9 body diam. long at cloacal aperture; lateral guiding
pieces simple, 3.0-4.5 times as long as wide.
- Tail similar to that of female.
Reported median body size for this species (Length mm; width micrometers; weight micrograms) - Click:
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