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Cercaria (genus)

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Genus of trematodes This article is about the genus of flatworms. For the genus of single-celled organisms, see Euglena.

Cercaria
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Platyhelminthes
Class: Trematoda
Order: Plagiorchiida
Family: Fellodistomidae
Genus: Cercaria
Müller, 1773

Cercaria is the name of a genus of trematodes in the subclass Digenea. It is used as a placeholder genus when the species description is based on the cercarial life stage and the adult forms are not known.

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References

  1. "Cercaria Müller, 1773". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. 2023. Retrieved 2023-02-26.
  2. "Cercaria Müller, 1773". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 20 October 2021.
Taxon identifiers
Cercaria
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