metacercaria

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metacercaria

[¦med·ə·sər′kar·ē·ə]

(invertebrate zoology)

Encysted cercaria of digenetic trematodes; the infective form.

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metacercaria from edible crabs in Arunachal Pradesh, Northeast India.

Trematode fluke Procerovum varium as cause of ocular inflammation in children, South India

However, based on the appearance of the metacercaria within the snail, the flukes likely are infective immediately upon consumption of the snail, making a second intermediate host unnecessary.

Detection and management of air sac trematodes (Szidatitrema species) in captive multispecies avian exhibits

Coelho MRT (1996) Acao de diferentes metodos de conservacao na sobrevivencia de metacercarias de Phagicola longus (Ranson, 1920) Price, 1932, parasito de mugilideos capturados no litoral do Estado do Rio de Janeiro.

Research of ascocotyle (Phagicola) longa in heat treated fillets of mullet (Mugil platanus)

Infection of encysted metacercaria of digenean on gill filament was high (66.

Parasitic Infection in an Imported Fish Fantail a Variety of Goldfish Carassius auratus L. in Pakistan

According to Niewiadomska (2002), Neodiplostomum type metacercaria cannot be assigned to adult genera with certainty without knowing their complete life cycle; metacercariae are then referred to as types.

New records of digenean parasites of Clarias gariepinus (Pisces: Clariidae) from the Okavango Delta, Botswana, with description of Thaparotrema botswanensis sp. n. (Plathelminthes: Trematoda)

A familia Diplostomidae Poirier, 1886 e dividida em quatro subfamilias: Conodocephalinae, Sudarikov, 1959, com apenas o genero Codonocephalus Diesing, 1850 e metacercarias com orgao tribocitico aberrante com grande glandula proteolitica, Alariinae Hall e Wigdor, 1918 e Diplostominae Poirier, 1886, que se caracterizam por apresentar metacercarias do tipo Diplostomulum, e Crassiphialinae Sudarikov, 1960, que apresenta metacercaria do tipo Neascus (NIEWIADOMSKA, 2002a e b).

Diplostomidae metacercariae (Digenea: Diplostomoidea) in Geophagus brasiliensis (Perciformes: Cichlidae) from Guandu river, State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil/Metacercarias de Diplostomidae (Digenea: Diplostomoidea) em Geophagus brasiliensis (Perciformes: Cichlidae) do rio Guandu, Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Brasil

La metacercaria de los didymozoideos no muestra ninguna preferencia por ninguno de los hospederos paratenicos y se puede encontrar en peces cartilaginosos como Rhinobatidae y en peces oseos como Clupeiformes, Atheriniformes, Beloniformes,

Helmintos parasitos de Dosidicus gigas "pota" eviscerada en Arequipa, Peru

Metacercaria counts ranged from 0 to 1,221, with an overall mean count of 50.

Investigating the parasitism of Southern California bean clams (Donax gouldii) by the trematode Postmonorchis donacis

Ocorrencia de metacercaria de Diplostomum compactum (Trematoda, Diplostomidae) parasitando Plagioscion squamosissimus (Teleostei, Sciaenidae) proveniente do reservatorio de Nova Avanhandava, Buritama, Sao Paulo.

Infeccao por metacercarias de Austrodiplostomum compactum em peixes do Reservatorio de Nova Avanhandava, rio Tiete, Estado de Sao Paulo, Brasil

Ademas, senalan que el numero de celulas flamigeras en las metacercarias no debe considerarse un criterio para la clasificacion de las especies de Paragonimus ya que este numero varia en los estadios cercaria y metacercaria, y a su vez cambia dentro de cada estadio a medida que el parasito va madurando (Blair et al.

Paragonimus mexicanus (digenea: troglotrematidae) de Valle de Perdidas, Urrao, Antioquia

Los hospedadores definitivos de esta metacercaria son probablemente las serpientes.

Parasite and reproductive features of Scinax nasicus (Anura: Hylidae) from a South American subtropical area/Parasitos de Scinax nasicus (Anura: Hylidae) de un area subtropical de Americana del sur y sus rasgos reprodutivos/Parasitos de Scinax nasicus (Anura: Hylidae) de uma area subtropical sul Americana e seus rasgos produtivos

The paragonimiasis has a wide distribution in the world, but occurs in areas where there is the consumption of hosts contaminated by metacercaria of Paragonimus, as raw or slightly cooked lobsters and crabs.