Turbellarian taxonomic database

Pseudohaplogonaria opisthandropora Diagnosis


Mamkaev 1971 (citation) Convoluta with a caudal tubiform ciliated antrum, opening with a terminal pore. Body
elongated, gradually tapering to the posterior end. Body length up to 1.2 mm. Epidermal glands with brown
rod-like secretion strewn along the whole body surface. Frontal organ present. Mouth in the end of 2/5 –
beginning of 3/5 of body length. Testis paired, in the anterior body half. The ovary behind the testis,
unpaired, but start with a pair of germinal zones. Bursal nozzle up to 30 µm in length. In sand at a depth of
2-7 m. Sea of Japan. 

[From Mamkaev YuV (1971)]


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