Turbellarian taxonomic database

Typhloplanidae Opistominae Diagnosis


Both excretory trunks open through a common excretory pore between the mouth and genital opening;
testes dorsal or slightly forward of the branched vitellaria;
pharynx stretched;
posteriorly directed male copulatory organ with cirrus-like protruding spiny ejaculatory duct;
without rhabdites, or eyes;
uterus present;
no genito-intestinal connection;
freshwater;

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