Fasciola hepatica – convoluted life forms and names

The fluke Fasciola hepatica has a complex life cycle, involving ruminants, particularly sheep and cattle (as final hosts that shed eggs), miracidia (emerge from eggs in freshwater and penetrate amphibious snail tissue), cercariae (that emerge from snails), and metacercariae (form that attachs to water plants). Nearly as convoluted are the names for this trematode and its life forms.
Source: Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease - Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Source Type: research