Turbellarian taxonomic database

Dalyelliidae Pseudodalyellia Diagnosis


Pseudodalyellia n. gen. Medium-sized Dalyelliidae with pigmented bands. Stylet of the Microdalyellia-type consisting of two proximal heteromorphic axes (“Stiele”) of different size and two distal axes (“Endäste”) with long spines flanking a central spiny plate. Uterus without uterine sphincter bearing a single egg. Male atrium with a glandular protrusion.

[From Van Steenkiste N, Gobert S, Davison P, Kolasa J, Artois T (2011): 9]


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