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Cercaria (genus)

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Cercaria
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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.[1]

Species:[2]

References

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  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.