Turbellarian taxonomic database

Umagillinae Anoplodiopsis Diagnosis


Umagillidae with a paired germarium, very long and not lobular lateral testicles, a relatively short seminal vesicle in the neighbourhood of the pharynx, a very long penis (slightly cuticular) and vagina, the latter anteriorly provided with a small blind bursa and a ventral receptaculum, normal epithelium of the body, a small pharynx.--Parasites in sea-cucumbers. 1 species: A. gracilis (n. sp.?).

[From Westblad E (1953): 279]


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