Pomatiopsis cincinnatiensis and P. lapidaria as Potential Intermediate Hosts of Schistosoma japonicum

1962 ◽  
Vol 48 (3) ◽  
pp. 498 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lowell L. Getz
Keyword(s):  
Schistosoma Japonicum ◽  
Intermediate Hosts

Ultrastructure of Cercarial Tails

1974 ◽  
Vol 32 ◽  
pp. 180-181
Author(s):  
Richard S. Demaree ◽  
Donald M. Wootton
Keyword(s):  
Schistosoma Japonicum ◽  
Intermediate Hosts ◽  
Suitable Host ◽  
Ultrastructural Studies ◽  
Tail Structure

Cercariae (juvenile trematodes with tails) emerge from mollusk intermediate hosts and swim toward definitive hosts or encystment objects. The locomotor power is furnished by the tail. Upon reaching a suitable host or encystment object, the tail is cast off and the cercariae penetrate and/or encyst. Ultrastructural studies of cercariae are sparse. There is even lessUltrastructural studies of cercariae are sparse. There is even less information about the tail structure; and body-to-tail morphology has been documented only for Acanthatrium oregonense and Schistosoma japonicum.

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