The caudal appendage of a larval cestode, the procercoid stage of pseudophyllid cestodes; it may also be found on the cysticercoid larvae of taenioid cestodes, as well as in many of the hymenolepidids (e.g., Hymenolepis nana). This appendage frequently bears the hooks originally used by the hexacanth in clawing its way into the intermediate host in...
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Posterior, knob-like attachment on a procercoid or cysticercoid. It usually bears the hooks of the oncosphere.
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Type: Term Pronunciation: ser′kō-mer Definitions: 1. The caudal appendage of a larval cestode, the procercoid stage of pseudophyllid cestodes; it may also be found on the cysticercoid larvae of taenioid cestodes, as well as in many of the hymenolepidids (Hymenolepis nana). This appendage frequently bears the hooks originally used by the ...
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