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Anacanthoderma paucisetosum

  • Order: CHAETONOTIDA Remane, 1925
    • Suborder: PAUCITUBULATINA d'Hondt, 1971
      • Family: DASYDYTIDAE Daday, 1905
        • Subfamily:
          • Genus: Anacanthoderma Marcolongo, 1910
            • Species: paucisetosum Marcolongo, 1910
scetch
(after (Marcolongo, 1914))
Length ( baggy ):
75 µm - 85 µm

Width:
19 µm - 36 µm

Width of the head ( single-lobed ):
19 µm

µm

Length of the furca:


Adhessive tubes:


Pharyx ( two bulbi without intermediate piece ):
15 µm - 16 µm

Diameter of the mouth ( narrow, extended, terminal ):
unknown

Dorsal scales:
12 - 16 thick, curved, simple and immobile spines; of which 3 dorsally (29-30 µm), 9-13 laterally, extending around the posterior end(18-21 µm)

Ventral scales:
two ciliated bands, united anteriorly, visible dorsally and laterally


Literature:

(Marcolongo, 1914)