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metacercaria

encysted cercaria which house the intermediate stages of trematode parasites in tissues of an intermediate host
Class type of: larva, particular anatomical entity Q3267017
metacercaria
Drawn by Arthur Looss (1861-1923) · Public Domain · Wikimedia

Facts

3 properties
Instance of
Trematode lifecycle stages, biological phase, class of anatomical entity[4][5]
Subclass of
larva, particular anatomical entity
P14990
Trematoda[6]
🏷️ Also known as
en metacercariae en metacercaria cs Metacerkarie de Metazerkarie fr métacercaire ja メタセルカリア ja メタケルカリア pl Metacerkaria pl Metacerkarie pt Metacercária ru метацеркарий uk Метацеркарія zh 囊蚴 zh 曩狀幼蟲
🔖 Identifiers · 11
De Agostini ID
Metacercària
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
science/metacercaria
Google Knowledge Graph ID
/g/12111lfj, /g/11bwf03q2b
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID
metacercaria
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)
0123140
Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017)
2208543
Great Russian Encyclopedia portal ID
metatserkariia-75cb27
MeSH descriptor ID
D058488
MeSH tree code
B05.500.500.150.500, G07.345.500.550.500.500.150.500
UBERON ID
0018385
UMLS CUI
C2936402

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🔗 Connections
Subclass of 2
larva, Trematoda
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Summary

metacercaria is a Trematode lifecycle stages[1]. metacercaria is a type of larva[2] and particular anatomical entity[3].

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  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 16d ago · Horcrux · 2026-10-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → Trematode lifecycle stages, biological phase, class of anatomical entity
    Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017) → 2208543
    Wikipedia languages → ['commons', 'cs', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'fr', 'ja', 'pl', 'pt', 'ru', 'uk']
    P14990 → Trematoda
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Subclass of: Trematoda, #temporary_batch_1792751582083"
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