- A
cercaria (plural cercariae) is a
larval form of the
trematode class of parasites. It
develops within the
germinal cells of the
sporocyst or redia. A...
- Müller gave a more
complete description of the organism,
which he
named Cercaria viridis,
noting its
distinctive color and
changeable body shape. Müller...
-
parasite develops within the
germinal cells of the
sporocyst or redia. A
cercaria has a
tapering head with
large penetration glands. It may or may not have...
- known. Species:
Cercaria armata Tang, 1990
Cercaria brevicaeca Cort, 1914
Cercaria brookoveri Faust, 1918
Cercaria burti Miller, 1923
Cercaria caryi Cort,...
- Müller's larva, Götte's larva; Trematoda: miracidium, sporocyst, redia,
cercaria; Monogenea: oncomiracidium; Cestoda: cysticercus, cysticercoid, oncosphere...
- 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...
- 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...
- body is
almost fully filled with
glycogen particles and vesicles. The
cercaria has a
characteristic bifurcated tail,
classically called furcae (Latin...
-
known bucephalid, B.
polymorphus Baer (1827),
initially described from a
cercaria larva.
Siebold (1848)
believed that the
adult bucephalid he
named Gasterostomum...
- 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...
