Turbellarian taxonomic database
Haploposthiidae Haploposthia Diagnosis
Faubel A 1976 (citation) - Diagnosis p 34- "Color by rhabdites or stored pigment bodies. Frontal gland generally
very strongly developed. Mouth ventral. Ovary and testes mixed in a common germinal center. Copulatory
organ consists of a ciliated antrum masculinum with terminal opening on posterior end and a more or less well
developed seminal vesicle. A short cone-shaped penis is present only in H. rubra (An der Lan). Female
accessory organs lacking."
[From Faubel A (1976)]
Diagnosis for the valid (accepted) taxonomic name
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