Aegira gen. nov. Typhloplanidae with prostate vesicle surrounded by two spirally running muscle layers. Unpaired, intracapsular seminal vesicle. Pseudocuticularized ejaculatory duct. Prostate glands and ejaculatory duct open into a simple, thin-walled stylet. Simple female genital system with short female duct, proximally split into oviduct and bursa. Vitellaria connected with oviduct through single vitelloduct. Female glands and uterus absent. Type species: Aegira annabellae.[From Willems WR, Artois TJ, Vermin W, Backeljau T, Schockaert ER (2005): 1578]
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