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Female:
- Didelphic-amphidelphic. Ovaries equally developed often,
reaching and surpassing the sphincter level between oviduct and
uterus.
- Uterus tripartite, usually convoluted,
- Vulva a post-equatorial, transverse slit, surrounded by
several circular, concentric striations. Often small holes, in
cuticle on both sides of vulva.
- Anus a short transverse slit, ca 5 um long.
- Caudal region conical with finely rounded terminus inner core
with a distinct concavity, providing a digitate appearance; tail;
inner core reaching 56-75% of tail length, followed by a hyaline
portion
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Males:
- Very rare, but apparently functional.
- Diorchic, with testes opposed.
- An adcloacal pait followd by 17, almost contiguous, 7-11
μm apart, ventromedian supplements.
- Spicules dorylaimid, 1.9 times cloacal
- Lateral guiding piece four times as long as wide.
- Prerectum 2.9, cloaca 1.7 body diam. long.
- Caudal region short, rounded conoid, ventrally without
concavity,
Ref: Pena-Santiago et al., 2023
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