Biology 546
Human parasitology laboratory tutorial

The tapeworm larval stage on the left is pinhead size, and can be seen within the body cavity of this copepod. What type of larval stage does it represent?

Coenurus
Plerocercoid
Procercoid
Simple cysticercus

Original; photograph by S. J. Upton


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