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Macrostomum lineare

Uljanin, 1870

Edited by lukas.scharer on 19. March 2011 - 15:25

Macrostomum lineare Fig 5.jpg

Edited by nadja.cereghetti on 21. November 2008 - 14:50

The penis-stilette is a lengthy, tubular structure containing two right angle bends in its main axis. The basal proximal rim is dentate. The enlarged end is quite asymmetrical in that one side wall is always longer and larger than the other one. The sperm cell has a feeler, a conspicuous anterior swelling, lateral paired setae, but lacks a definite tail region. This cell lacks observable chromatin granules. p. 275

Publication: 
A monograph of the genus Macrostomum O. Schmidt 1848. Part V.
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