Turbellarian taxonomic database
Phaenocora rufodorsata Diagnosis
Animals 1–3 mm long. Eyes red, round, kidney-shaped or branched. Zoochlorellae not mentioned in literature. Dorsal pigmentation a medio-dorsal line of variable length, at least present in the anterior part of the body but can occur over the entire body length, in which case the anterior part is somewhat more strongly pigmented. Male copulatory organ of the duplex–type IB; cirrus spines scattered without any recognizable order; small, straight or slightly curved and finely pointed, never very sharply pointed. Additional extremely small denticles are scattered among the spines. Female genital system with a female genital canal and an intestinal bursa. Genito-bursal duct (probably) present, hence of the AGLOBULATA-type or the UNIPUNCTATA-type.
[From Houben AM, Van Steenkiste N, Artois TJ (2014): 341]
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