Life Cycle

• Egg - Larva - Adult

  Larva: Miracidium - Sporocyst - Redia - Cercaria - Metacercaria 


  Except for Schistosomes: No Metacercaria

  • Infective Stage: Final host: Metacercaria Except : Schistosomes: Cercaria
  • Mode of Transmission: Ingestions

  Except for Schistosomes: Skin penetration (Forked -tail) cercaria