Turbellarian taxonomic database

Karlingiinae Paramyozonaria Diagnosis


with adenal rhabdites scattered through entire body;
lateral nerve trunks outside circular body-wall muscle;
with caudal sense organ;
without eyes (except P. simplex);
gut with muscle-ring and usually extending caudally behind the genital atrium;
ovary unpaired (except P. simplex);
penis stylet with distal folds, usually extremely complicated;
without a stylet-bearing accessory glandular organ;
cuticular apparatus of bursal organ generally with long mouth-piece and large middle-piece;
middle-piece representing a complicated folded sheath;

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