Free-living, totally ciliated; front end with slight angles; two eyes; pharynx small, pharynx papillae weakly indicated; inner longitudinal muscles of pharynx equals 26; testes in caudal body half; cuticular organ arising in two pockets lying next to the distal part of the copulatory organ, consisting of a cross-placed, narrow clasp, whose both ends carry asymetrical strong spines; bursa copulatrix not demarcated from the atrium; vitellaria short, papillae-less; seminal receptacle stalked; eggs unstalked;
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