procercoid

Epidemiology

• the 1st larval stage of cestodes that develop in copepods after ingestion of cilitated embryo (coracidium)
• the procercoid & its host are ingested by fish, where it enters the tissues to become a plerocercoid

More general terms

• larva

Additional terms

• Cestoda (tapeworm)
• Diphyllobothrium (fish tapeworm)