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Figure 3

From: Life cycle of Renylaima capensis, a brachylaimid trematode of shrews and slugs in South Africa: two-host and three-host transmission modalities suggested by epizootiology and DNA sequencing

Figure 3

Microscopic features of the sporocysts of  Renylaima capensis  . A) numerous germinal balls (gb) inside tip of sporocyst ramification; B) numerous mature cercariae (mc) approaching tip of sporocyst branch; C) acaudate mature cercaria (mc), close to sporocyst branch birth pore, showing differentiated gonads and male genital duct; D, E) birth pore (bp) at the tip of terminal branch in lateral and apical views, respectively; F) two early ramifications (er) deriving from main sporocyst branch; G) sporocyst branch showing numerous germ balls and developing cercariae inside; H, I) small buds (b) developing from main sporocyst branch.

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