title: Studies on the fresh water Cercariae in Leyte Island, Philippines. 2. Cercariae from Oncomelania quadrasi.
abstract: From 1975 to 1976, more than six thousand snails of Oncomelania quadrasi were observed for cercarial fauna in the north-eastern part of Leyte Island, Philippines. Altogether, six species of cercariae including that of Schistosoma japonicum were found, namely two furcocercariae, one monostome cercaria, two xiphidiocercariae and one tail-less cercaria. In this paper a description of their morphology, infection rate, locality, and some remarks on the presumptive life cycle is included with illustrations and photographs.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005618:Fresh Water; D007814:Larva; D010679:Philippines; D012547:Schistosoma / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012908:Snails / Q000469:parasitology*; D014200:Trematoda / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000145:classification