- The
miracidium is the
second stage in the life
cycle of trematodes. When
trematode eggs are laid and come into
contact with
fresh water, they
hatch and...
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hatched within a host,
typically a mollusc. The
hatchling is
called a
miracidium, a free-swimming,
ciliated larva.
Miracidia will then grow and develop...
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parasite will
develop from the
miracidium. They also have an
anterior spin
which helps them
drill into the snail. The
miracidium develops into the sporocyst...
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Platyhelminthes Turbellaria: Müller's larva, Götte's larva; Trematoda:
miracidium, sporocyst, redia, cercaria; Monogenea: oncomiracidium; Cestoda: cysticercus...
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dissolved by the snail's
digestive enzymes, so the
miracidium hatches from the egg. The
ciliated miracidium can move about,
penetrating the intestine, and...
- eggs are
larger than 160 μm in diameter, they also fail to hatch. The
miracidium (from the Gr**** word μειράκιον, meirakion,
meaning youth) is pear-shaped...
- co-infection with S.
mansoni (having a lateral-spined eggs) is common. The
miracidium measures about 136 μm long and 55 μm wide. The body is
covered by anucleate...
- PMID 1185431. Southgate, V. R. (2009). "Observations on the
epidermis of the
miracidium and on the
formation of the
tegument of the
sporocyst of
Fasciola hepatica"...
- short-lived, non-feeding, free-living
stage known as the
miracidium emerges. The
miracidium uses
cilia to
follow chemical and
physical cues
thought to...
- and one
definitive host. The parasite's eggs
hatch in the
water and the
miracidium invades the foot of a snail. The
cercaria leaves the
snail and encysts...
