- A
cercaria (plural cercariae) is the
larval form of the
trematode class of parasites. It
develops within the
germinal cells of the
sporocyst or redia....
- needed] Metacercaria: A
cercaria encysted and resting. They are only
involved when
there are 3
intermediate host life cycles.
Cercaria is also used as a genus...
- known. Species:
Cercaria armata Tang, 1990
Cercaria brevicaeca Cort, 1914
Cercaria brookoveri Faust, 1918
Cercaria burti Miller, 1923
Cercaria caryi Cort,...
- Müller gave a more
complete description of the organism,
which he
named Cercaria viridis,
noting its
distinctive color and
changeable body shape. Müller...
- Müller's larva, Götte's larva; Trematoda: miracidium, sporocyst, redia,
cercaria; Monogenea: oncomiracidium; Cestoda: cysticercus, cysticercoid, oncosphere...
- and
infection may
occur p****ively (e.g., a fish
consumes a
cercaria) or
actively (the
cercaria penetrates the fish). The life
cycles of some
digeneans include...
- Ito, Jiro (1957). "Studies on the
brackish water cercaria in ****an. III.
Three new
echinostome cercaria in
Tokyo Bay, with a list of ****anese echinostome...
- the Sea of ****an
Cercarial forms Cercaria can be used as a
genus to
specify the
larval form of a species.
Cercaria elegans may
refer to such species...
- sporocysts,
which a****ually
produce another short-lived, free-living stage, the
cercaria.
Cercariae use a tail-like
appendage (often
forked in
genera causing swimmer's...
- - egg; B - miracidium; C - sporocyst; D - rediae, E -
immature cercaria, F -
cercaria, G -
encysted stage, H -
adult fluke (nervous and
reproductive systems...
