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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 4

Cercaria and metacercaria of  Renylaima capensis.  A) caudate mature cercaria found inside a sporocyst infecting Ariostralis nebulosa in ventral view, showing prepharynx, differentiation of gonads, male terminal duct and ventral genital pore; B) caudate metacercaria from the kidney of Ariopelta capensis in ventral view, showing pronounced tegumental spinulation, gonads, male terminal duct and ventral genital pore. Scale bars: A = 100 μm; B = 150 μm.

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