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“Genus Lituiherpia Salvini-Plawen, 1978

Lituiherpia Salvini-Plawen, 1978. Zoologica, 44 (128): 97.

TYPE SPECIES: Lituiherpia spermathecata Salvini-Plawen, 1978.

Sclerites acicular combined with hook-shaped and scaly elements, arranged in several layers. With common atrio-buccal opening. Midgut with constrictions. Without dorsoterminal sense organ. Genital opening unpaired. Without copulatory stylets. Without respiratory organs.”

(García-Álvarez & Salvini-Plawen, 2007: 101)

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author
García-Álvarez & Salvini-Plawen, 2007: 101
project
Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History - Antarctic Invertebrates