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Female:
- Moderately slender to slender, 0.97-1.35 mm long.
- Body cylindrical, tapering towards both extremities; tail is
conical.
- Cuticle two-layered, tylencholaimoid; outer and inner layer of
cuticle with distinct transverse striation.
- Lateral chord one-third to one-fourth of body diam. at
mid-body; hypodermal glandular bodies present:
- Lateral body pores distinct, arranged in double or single row.
- Lip region offset by a weak constriction, somewhat broader
than adjoining body.
- Lips mostly amalgamated, inner and outer labial papillae
button-like; cephalic papillae without surrounding annulus.
- Amphidial fovea stirrup-shaped, their aperture 40-60% of
lip region diam.
- Cheilostom longer than broad, with relatively thick walls.
- Odontostyle dorylaimoid, straight, length 0.8-1.2 lip
region diam., aperture 50-59% of total length.
- Guiding ring simple, 0.4-0.5 lip region diam. from anterior end.
- Odontophore linear, rodlike, 1.4-1.7 times as long as
odontostyle.
- Esophagus slender, muscular, gradually enlarging anterior
section with basal expansion 45-52% of total length.
- Nerve ring encircling anterior slender part of esophagus at
31-37% of total esophagus length.
- Cardia rounded conoid, 7-18 × 7-16 μm. A dorsal cellular mass
25-40 μm long always present near esophagoo-intestinal junction.
- Genital system didelphic-amphidelphic, with both branches
equally developed; ovaries reflexed, with oocytes arranged first in
two or more rows, then in a single row. Oviduct-uterus
junction with a weak sphincter.
- Uterus a simple tube, 0.6-1.2 body diam, Vagina extending
inwards 30-50% of body diam., pars proximalis 9-14 × 5-8 μm,
surrounded by weak musculature, pars refringens absent, pars
distalis 2.5-4.5 μm long.
- Vulva pore-like.
- Prerectum 1.5-3.6, rectum 0.8-1.5 anal body diam. long.
- Tail conical with rounded tip, dorsally convex, occasionally
slightly subdigitate. Two subdorsal pairs of caudal pores.
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