Echinochasmus cercariae shed by a freshwater snail(11.6MB, 00:01:55)Shot Date: 2005/08/03 Shot Location: The University of Shiga Prefecture | ||
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Animalia >Platyhelminthes >Trematoda >Echinostomida >Echinostomatidae >Echinochasmus >
Echinochasmus sp. is a digenean parasite. Its cercariae form a rosette whem they are shed by the first-intermediate host (freshwater snail, Semisulcospira libertina). The second-intermediate hosts (fish) mistake the cercariae for food, and are parasitized by them through predation.
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