Turbellarian taxonomic database

Limipolycystis sicilicula Diagnosis


Species of Limipolycystis with two eyes. Prostate vesicle of type III, well developed. With a distally-
curved, sickle-shaped stylet, which is an accessory style type II, 46–59 ?m long, with strengthened proximal rim and pointed distal end. Proximally from the stylet opening, the stylet forms a gutter-shaped protrusion. Seminal receptacle consisting of a proximal (towards the ovary) tubular and distal (towards the bursa) broader part.

[From Artois T, Willems W, Revis N, Martens P, Schockaert E (2012): 27]


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