Descripteur : Shape of the genital cone

The genital cone is a kind of lip located on the dorsal face of the ventro-lateral lobes. It has a pair of small papillae (equivalent of rays 7) as well as, an insulated papilla (papilla 0).
This genital cone can present various forms:it can of the shape marked (small bump), in strip, triangular, of broad form (widened) or be little hypertrophied (very lengthened cone).

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Different forms of the genital cone.


Not marked


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Form of strip


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Triangular


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Large


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Hypertrophied


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Sex of the nematode
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