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Image of Syngenoherpia sanguicuneosa Salvini-Plawen 1978
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Syngenoherpiidae Salvini-Plawen 1978

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“Family SYNGENOHERPIIDAE Salvini-Plawen, 1978

Syngenoherpiidae Salvini Plawen, 1978. Zoologica, 44 (128): 26.

Cuticle thick; hollow acicular sclerites arranged in several layers. Radula distichous to biserial. Ventral foregut glandular organs with a paired outleading duct, the intercellularly opening subepithelial gland cells being surrounded by an outer musculature (type B). Seminal receptacles in bundles.”

(García-Álvarez & Salvini-Plawen, 2007: 140)

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García-Álvarez & Salvini-Plawen, 2007: 140
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Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History - Antarctic Invertebrates