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Fig. 15 | Helgoland Marine Research

Fig. 15

From: Free-living nematode species (Nematoda) dwelling in hydrothermal sites of the North Mid-Atlantic Ridge

Fig. 15

Paracanthonchus olgae sp. n., details. a Male cloacal opening with distal parts of the gubernaculum protruded (SEM); b buccal cavity with the dorsal tooth turned back; c lateral epidermal glands; d area of posterior pharynx—anterior midgut, ventral gland cell body and a pseudocoelomocyte; e part of the female reproductive system, germinal zone of the ovary, oviduct, sphincter, part of the uterus with spermatozoa and ovum; f part of a maturing oocyte and midgut with content as light-refracting grains; g midgut content as a mass of irregular light-refracting particles; h midgut content as spherical bodies with heterogeneous content; i midgut with part of prey nematode body swallowed. Scale bars a 3 μm; b-i 20 μm

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