Miracidium vs. Coracidium — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Miracidium and Coracidium
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Miracidium
The Miracidium is the second stage in the life cycle of trematodes. When trematode eggs are laid and come into contact with fresh water, they hatch and release miracidium.
Coracidium
(biology) The larval stage of some tapeworms
Miracidium
A ciliated larva of a digenetic trematode, which hatches from the egg and enters the first intermediate host, where it develops into a sporocyst or a redia.
Miracidium
(biology) A free-living motile form of a trematode, covered with cilia, which settles in a mollusc intermediate host to become a sporocyst
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