Turbellarian taxonomic database

Haploposthiidae Kuma Diagnosis


Faubel A 1976 (citation) - Diagnosis: "Uncolored.  Frontal glands many.  Rhabdite glands of common type.  Mouth
ventral.  Ovary paired or unpaired.  Testes on both sides of body.  Germinal center for eggs and sperm
separated.  Copulatory organ with a seminal vesicle and an atrium opening terminally at posterior end.  Penis
lacking ((only in K. albiventer (Marcus 1954) a short penis papilla developed)); no female accessory organs. 
Brain insunken."

[From Faubel A (1976)]


Diagnosis for the valid (accepted) taxonomic name

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