Turbellarian taxonomic database

Lithophora Otoplanidae Diagnosis


Body ciliation restricted to ventral surface and anterior (here bearing a subterminal ring);
with one pair lateral, seldom one unpaired terminal, ciliated pits;
male copulatory organ with unpaired seminal vesicle;
germaria lying in front of pharynx;
withoug vaginal duct;
without eye pigment;
with statocyst;
with separate gonopores;

Return to Lithophora Otoplanidae