Turbellarian taxonomic database
Phaenocora kepneri Diagnosis
Animals about 2–2.5 mm long, with a tail. Eyes present, with a variable amount of pigmentation. Without body pigmentation. Zoochlorellae present although seldom in great number. Dermal rhabdites present throughout the entire epidermis. Male copulatory organ of the duplex-type IIB, with an S-shaped cirrus bearing spines in its median part. Distal part of the cirrus lobed, sclerotised. Female genital system of the AGLOBULATA-type. Female genital canal very long. Five giant unicellular glands present at the conjunction of the female genital canal and the short genito-bursal duct. Intestinal bursa variable in size and appearance. A long burso-intestinal duct connects the intestinal bursa with the gut.
[From Houben AM, Van Steenkiste N, Artois TJ (2014): 340]
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