Plerocercoid

Plerocercoid

Plerocercoid

Larval tapeworm

Plerocercoid refers to last larval form, the infective form, found in the second intermediate host of many Cestoda with aquatic life cycles.[1]

Plerocerci of Callitetrarhynchus gracilis in the body cavity of the fish Scomberomorus commerson

References

  1. [1]
    Combes, Claude (2005). The Art of Being a Parasite. University of Chicago Press. pp. 44–45. ISBN 978-0-226-11438-5.
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