The species in this genus have oocysts with four sporocysts : each sporocyst gives rise to four sporozoites.
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Sixteen sporozoites are present in each sporocyst and these are arranged at the periphery of the residual mass.
13.
Rediae are larvae which are produced within the sporocyst of trematodes that creates more rediae or can become cercariae.
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The oocysts have a polar body and a prominent residuum but lack micropyles, sporocyst residua or Stieda bodies.
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The miracidium develops into a sporocyst, which in turn house the asexual reproduction of redia, the next stage.
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Eggs in a wet environment hatch into miracidia in 9 14 days . The miracidium grows into the sporocyst stage.
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It is plagued by the parasite " Proctoeces maculatus " and an unidentified bucephalid sporocyst which castrates both sexes.
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Their life cycles tend to be complex, involving at least one ( and often several ) asexual cycles of sporocyst.
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The miracidia reproduce asexually through sporocyst stages within these intermediate hosts, resulting in the production of many free-swimming cercariae.
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The sporocyst lacks Stieda bodies and sub-Stieda bodies, has a veil supported by sporopodia and has an anterior apical opening.
