itself producing stages call parthenitae. The role of the parthenitae is to use the snail's nutrients to produce the next stage in the
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the life-cycle called "cercariae" - *those* stages leave the snail, but the parthenitae stay and keeps on pumping out more cercariae
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that Leucochloridium is unusual because instead of having individual microscopic cercariae that leaves the snail, some of those parthenitae
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So the stage that leaves the snail still doesn't kill the snail? [Thanks for explaining BTW.]
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yep - it might hurt the snail, but not enough to kill it. Usually other flukes don't have those big broodsacs coming out of them tho
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they usually come out in the form of dozens or hundreds of microscopic tadpole-shaped larvae that leave through the respiratory pore
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I drew this diagram many years ago to illustrate the typical life-cycle of parasitic flukeshttps://the-episiarch.deviantart.com/art/Digenean-trematode-life-cycle-197095162 …
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This is why I am so glad all the science I do is not like this. Eeeek! Three hosts.
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I love them - wouldn't have devoted an entire blog to them otherwise http://dailyparasite.blogspot.com But that's probably also because I'm a weirdo
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