Node 2a: NN (
Nerudia
+
Ninetis + Kambiwa
)
Bulb with long spine-like projection
(Huber 2000)
A long slender projection that does not contain the sperm duct is typical for
Ninetis
and
Nerudia
; it is present but shorter in
Kambiwa
. Similar structures occur rarely in distantly related taxa (e.g.
Spermophora
)