Gnathostomulida -- taxonomic database

Labidognathia longicollis Diagnosis


Diagnosis of L. longicollis Riedl, 1970

Slender Labidognathia (index 14.63) with slender rostrum (index 1.68). Basal plate elongate, heart-shaped, 13.78 µm long and 11.22 µm wide (index 1.23), with teeth on rostral contour. Jaws 18.58 µm long, with teeth of unequal size in 2 arcs. Penis stylet 28.29 µm long; sperm globular, about 2 µm in diameter.


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