Abstract
The histology of male and female Litomosoides carinii was studied in serial sections. The body wall of the female worm consists of a rather thin cuticle, very extended lateral hypodermal chords and small sectors of shallow coelomyarian muscle cells. In the female worm an intestinal lumen is found, which is filled with material throughout the worm's length. Both ovaries are situated close to the posterior end. In both genital tubes all stages of oogenesis and embryogenesis could be observed in approximately equal stages of development in most of the sections. The lateral chords of the male worm are very small, whereas the somatic muscle cells are large and of the circomyarian type. The intestine is a minute tube beside the much thicker testis and vas deferens. Considerable sexual dimorphism could be observed in almost all organs of adult Litomosoides carinii.
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