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Prionchuloides

Prionchuloides Mulvey, 1963 (ref. ID; 5938)

Family Mononchidae (ref. ID; 5938)

ref. ID; 5938

Definition

Dorsal tooth midway in buccal cavity opposed by two groups of denticles; one group arranged in two longitudinal rows and the other irregularly dispersed opposite the dorsal tooth. Esophagointestinal junction probably nontuberculate. Female didelphic. Tail conoid arcuate, without caudal glands and terminal duct. Male unknown. (ref. ID; 5938)

Type species

Prionchuloides micoletzkyi (Meyl, 1954) Mulvey, 1963 (ref. ID; 5938)

Nominal species

This is a monotypic genus. (ref. ID; 5938)
  1. Prionchuloides micoletzkyi (Meyl, 1954) Mulvey, 1963 (ref. ID; 5938)
    Syn; Judonchulus micoletzkyi (Meyl, 1954) Andrassy, 1958 (ref. ID; 5938); Mononchus (Sporonchulus) micoletzkyi Meyl, 1954 (ref. ID; 5938)