Turbellarian taxonomic database
Dendrocoelidae Rectocephala Diagnosis
Dendrocoelidae with an adhesive organ in the center
of the anterior margin; colored or white; eyes two or none; penis
papilla lacking; ejaculatory duct enters large, expanded, weakly muscular
but highly glandular chamber (presumably the penis bulb) continuous
posteriorly with the reduced male antrum; common ovovitelline duct
enters the roof of the male antrum, immediately anterior to the entrance
of the bursal canal.
[From Hyman LH (1953): 1-2]
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