postgermarial

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

post- +‎ germarial

Adjective[edit]

postgermarial (not comparable)

  1. Following production of the germarium
    • 2015 August 12, Delane C. Kritsky, Micah D. Bakenhaster, Douglas H. Adams, “Pseudorhabdosynochus species (Monogenoidea, Diplectanidae) parasitizing groupers (Serranidae, Epinephelinae, Epinephelini) in the western Atlantic Ocean and adjacent waters, with descriptions of 13 new species”, in Parasite[1], volume 22, →DOI:
      Testis subspherical, postgermarial; proximal vas deferens not observed; seminal vesicle a simple dilation of distal vas deferens; anterior duct of seminal vesicle forming a loop before entering thick-walled teardrop-shaped ejaculatory bulb; ejaculatory duct arising from bulb and extending to portal of proximal chamber of MCO; large vesicle (prostatic reservoir?) with clear or reticulate contents lying to right of MCO.