Turbellarian taxonomic database

Paramesostominae Gandalfia Diagnosis


Gandalfia gen. nov. Paramesostominae with the pharynx situated in the middle of the body,
with a ciliated collar in the distal part of the lumen. Unpaired testis and seminal vesicle.
Distal part of the seminal vesicle and the proximal part of the prostate vesicle enclosed
within the same muscle layer. With a straight, single-walled stylet. Ovaries paired. Glands
enter the female duct about half way. Muscular afferent duct, widened near the common
genital atrium, with basophilic glands and two sclerotized semilunar structures.

[From Willems WR, Artois TJ, Vermin W, Backeljau T, Schockaert ER (2005): 1563]


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