Turbellarian taxonomic database
Phaenocora alticola Diagnosis
Animals 1.2–1.8 mm long, without visible eyes. Zoochlorellae numerous. Male copulatory organ of the duplex-type IIIA. Female genital system of the AGLOBULATA-type. Burso-intestinal duct very short. Intestinal bursa extremely large. Genito-bursal duct and female genital canal present. Oviduct opening into the genito-bursal duct nearly at its midpoint. A sphincter present both at the proximal and distal end of the genito-bursal duct (Fig. 14A: sph).
[From Houben AM, Van Steenkiste N, Artois TJ (2014): 331]
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