Trichodrilus Claparède,1862
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https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5711.1.2 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03A04148-B133-FE04-0BC5-F8ECFE1FF5E9 |
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Plazi |
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Trichodrilus Claparède,1862 |
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Genus Trichodrilus Claparède,1862 View in CoL
Lumbriculids with two pairs of testes and one pair of ovaries. One pair of male ducts open typically in X, with a semiprosoporous organization, i.e. each atrium receives one pair of vasa deferentia which run independently from two sperm funnels serving separately testes in the pre-atrial and atrial segments. One pair of spermathecae opening in the ovarian segment; some species also have one additional pair in the post ovarian segment and one species with spermathecae in 4 postatrial segments.
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