Node 2a: NN (Nerudia + Ninetis + Kambiwa)

ninetis 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)