Dr. Murai Éva - Gubányi András szerk.: Parasitologia Hungarica 28. (Budapest, 1995)

Occurrence of philomelrid nematodes in barboid fishes 59 mid length. Intestine narrow, straight, displaced laterally, its posterior ends atrophied. Vagina and vulva absent. Ovaries situated in the anterior and posterior ends of the body making a loop and continuing into the uterus. Uterus occupies almost the whole space of the body cavity, filled with eggs 0.021 (0.019-0.024) mm in diameter. Fig. 1. Schematic drawing of Philometra sp. A — cephalic end of a gravid female; B — caudal end of a gravid female; C — cephalic end of a matured (retarded female); I) — region of vulva; E — caudal end of a matured female; F — cephalic end of a male: G — caudal end of a male with spicules and gubernaculum