Mabiarama prevesiculata Freitas & Kohn
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Family:  Mabiaramidae ()
Max. size:  1.19 cm TL (male/unsexed)
Environment:  pelagic; marine
Distribution:  Southwest Atlantic: Brazil.
Diagnosis:  Length: 0.69 - 1.19 cm. Small; stout worm has an ventral sucker that is separated from the oral sucker by more than I diameter of the ventral sucker; twice as large as the oral sucker. The oral sucker and cecal bifurcation: attach almost directly to the pharynx. Ceca: irregular in outline; extend to the posterior end of the worm. Vitellaria: confined to the lateral margins of the posterior body (Ref. 359).
Biology:  Length: 0.69 to 1.19 cm (Ref. 359).
IUCN Red List Status: Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. 123251)
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