Turbellarian taxonomic database
Hofsteniidae Hoftherma Diagnosis
Hofsteniidae with pharynx one-half the body length (figure 3c); pharynx musculature well developed (figure 3c);seminal vesicles enclosed in a thick muscular wall (figure 3f1,f2); dorsal body wall with two longitudinal furrows (figures 1b and3a). Testes diffuse (figure 3g).
[From Hookabe N, Jimi N, Furushima Y, Fujiwara Y (2024): 6]
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