Astatumen Pilato, 1997
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https://doi.org/10.31610/zsr/2023.32.1.50 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.16980355 |
persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/544087C2-7E28-4D44-FCA0-FD06FBEC5F5F |
treatment provided by |
Felipe |
scientific name |
Astatumen Pilato, 1997 |
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Genus Astatumen Pilato, 1997 View in CoL
Diagnosis (emended). Claws of Hypsibius - type; bucco-pharyngeal tube subdivided into anterior, rigid portion (buccal tube) and posterior, flexible portion (pharyngeal tube) provided with spiral thickening. Stylet supports absent. Apophyses for insertion of muscles of stylets in shape of “wide and flat ridge” symmetrical with respect to frontal plane; caudal processes of those apophyses thin and pointing laterally. Pharyngeal bulb lacking apophyses and placoids or provided with a long, undivided placoid. Peribuccal lamellae and peribuccal papulae absent. Furcae of stylets reduced; their branches short and tapering at their apices. No cuticular thickening present between buccal tube and pharyngeal tube. Lunules absent. Eggs smooth, laid in exuviae.
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