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The World of Protozoa, Rotifera, Nematoda and Oligochaeta

Hologynus

Hologynus Brinkhurst, 1988 (ref. ID; 6421 original paper)

ref. ID; 6421

Apomorphy is the forward shift of the posterior male pores ot the anterior border of XII, close to the anterior pair on XI, and (probably) the glandular mass associated with the pores. (ref. ID; 6421)

Included species

Hologynus ornamentus, Hologynus auklandicus, and Hologynus bipapillatus, all n. comb., with both the latter synonymized with hologynus by Brinkhurst (1966), and with auklandicus synonymized with hologynus by Michaelsen (see Brinkhurst and Jamieson 1971, p.297). (ref. ID; 6421)
  1. Hologynus auklandicus (ref. ID; 6421)
  2. Hologynus bipapillatus (ref. ID; 6421)
  3. Hologynus ornamentus (ref. ID; 6421)