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- noun Plural form of
miracidium .
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The surface of the body has a variety of sensory papillae and ocelli occur in many miracidia and some cercariae stages.
Platyhelminthes 2007
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Life cycle: When the immature eggs reach fresh water, they take up to two weeks to mature, at which time they hatch, releasing miracidia (hatched larvae).
Chapter 2 1998
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After the miracidia infect snails, they undergo asexual multiplication, producing several thousand cercariae over several weeks.
Chapter 2 1998
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The miracidia swim around until they encounter suitable snail intermediate hosts to infect, or they die within 24 hours.
Chapter 2 1998
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Activation inactivation miracidia Schistosoma mansoni egg-shell
xml's Blinklist.com 2008
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