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Cuticle near head
in three distinct layer, opposite the base of the spear it generally is
thicker than the widest portion of the spear; lips set off by a deep
constriction, the papillae not interfering with the contour of the head;
amphids stirrup-form, more than half as wide as the head; spear as
long as lip region width,
the aperture occupying about two-thirds its length; esophagus enlarged
near beginning of middle third, posterior two-thirds massive, one-half
to two-thirds the neck width; cardia flat, extending but slightly into
the intestine; female rectum length equal to anal body diameter;
prerectum two and one-half times length of rectum; ovaries extending
half the distance back to the
vulva; eggs as long as the body width and half as wide as long,
as many as five occur in each uterus; supplements
12-15, the posterior being within the range of the spicula, separated
by small refractive elements; accessory pieces linear, parallel, the ends
minutely cephalated.
Differs from Aporcelaimus regius in the spear form and from
A.
eurydorys in the thicker, three layered cuticle and arrangement of
the supplements.
Habitat: Soil from woods, Arlington Farm, Virginia, and
nursery field, Painesville, Ohio, U.S.A.
(Description- Thorne & Swanger, 1936)
DNA Sequences obtained
Specimen: | Collected: |
RMNP SS-01 | Rocky Mountain National Park |
KonzaIII AB-02 | Konza Prairie, First survey |