Turbellarian taxonomic database
Phaenocora aglobulata Diagnosis
Animals about 1 mm long with an overall green or pinkish colour. Body pigmentation pink, confined to the anterior body region. Eyes pink. Zoochlorellae present in some specimens. Male copulatory organ of the duplex-type IIA. Female genital system of the AGLOBULATA-type, with a long female genital canal, a small genito-bursal duct lined with smaller unicellular glands, a heavily-lobed intestinal bursa, and a burso-intestinal duct with a valvular complex at the end. Large unicellular glands absent.
[From Houben AM, Van Steenkiste N, Artois TJ (2014): 329]
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