Turbellarian taxonomic database

Acrochordonoposthia vandeputae Diagnosis


Species of Acrochordonoposthia Reisinger, 1924. Copulatory organ 63–72 µm long. It possesses a straight cirrus, completely covered with spines, which increase in length towards the distal end. Cirral pouch conical. Long bursa, with a tube-shaped proximal part and a cone-shaped distal part and surrounded by circular muscles. Seminal receptacle lacking.

[From Houben AM, Proesmans W, Bert W, Artois. T (2014): 38]


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