Genus Comparisons- Cephalobidae |
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1.7
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14.3
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25.8
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58.
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90.
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.4 mm
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1.7
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4.4
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5.5
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6.0
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2.7
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1.9
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14.5
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25.4
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M.
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96.
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.4 mm
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2.1
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4.9
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5.5
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5.6
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3.6
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Body marked by about 250 easily visible, transverse striae. The
cephalic probolae are slender and bordered by minute fringes of membranes.
The labial probolae are almost as long as the head is wide and bifucate
half their length, the prongs being without terminal branches but bearing
minute, denticulate processes giving them the appearance of being striated.
Pharynx as deep as the head is wide, apparently without teeth or denticles.
Median swelling of the esophagus two-fifths as wide as the neck, cardiac
bulb ellipsoidal. Intestine irregularly granulated and two-thirds
the body width. Excretory pore at about 19 per cent. Tail of
the female more regularly conical than that of the male. One egg
occurs in the uterus at a time, it being one and one-half times as long
as the body width and half as wide as long.
Four pair of sub-median papillae are present on the male tail; two
being pre-anal and two post-anal. The two pointed, linear, strongly
arcuate spicula have the form of one-fourth of a circumference. They
equal in length the anal body-diameter and are cephalated by a constriction.
The slender accessory pieces are half as long as the spicula.
Found in large numbers about the roots of passion vine, Sackville, New
South Wales.
(Description- Thorne, 1925)
DNA Sequences obtained
Specimen: | Collected: |
KonzaVI AA-78 | Konza Prairie, First survey |