Turbellarian taxonomic database

Macrostomidae Omalostomum Diagnosis


mouth in front of brain;
no eyes;
unpaired ventral ovary;
male copulatory organ with seminal and prostratic vesicles, one behind the other;
penis stylet simple;

Notes from synonyms

Diagnosis for Macrostomidae Protomacrostomum

mouth terminal;
male gonopore posterior to female gonopore;

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