Description of Caenorhabditis sinica sp. n. (Nematoda: Rhabditidae), a Nematode Species Used in Comparative Biology for C. elegans
Figure 2
Micrographs of Caenorhabditis sinica sp. n.
(A–I) A: Entire view of female (left) and male (right); B: Pharynx (v: valvular apparatus; h: haustrulum); C: Female tail; D: Didelphic-amphidelphic female gonad (Ov: oviduct, Vu: vulva, dUs: the distal part of anterior/posterior uterus filled with sperms, arrow shows the posterior direction); E: Spermatheca formed by the oviduct (spm) and the distal part of anterior uterus (dUs); F: Anterior end of female; G: Lateral view of male caudal regions; H, I: Ventral view of male caudal regions showing bursa or its nine pairs of genital papillae (GP1, GP5, GP7: terminated on the dorsal side by a conspicuous sensillum tip). J: The distal part of anterior uterus of a wild C. briggsae strain ZZY0405 (indicated by arrow). (Scale bars: A = 800 µm; B, C, D = 200 µm; E = 100 µm; F = 10 µm; G, H, I, J = 50 µm).