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Order Monhysterida Filipjev, 1929

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Cuticle finely striated. Four cephalic setae short. Six subcephalic setae posterior to cephalic setae. Buccal cavity cup-shaped. Amphideal fovea one loop-spiral, circular in outline, broken-shaped. Female with two opposed outstretched ovaries. Tail conical.

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Huang, Y., Guo, Y. (2022). Order Monhysterida Filipjev, 1929. In: Free-living Marine Nematodes from the East China Sea. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-3836-7_9

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