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Dioecy. Gonochorism. Hermaphrodite. v. t. e. Temperature-dependent sex determination ( TSD) is a type of environmental sex determination in which the temperatures experienced during embryonic/larval development determine the sex of the offspring. [ 1] It is observed in reptiles and teleost fish, with some reports of it occurring in species of ...
The egg cell or ovum ( pl.: ova) is the female reproductive cell, or gamete, [ 1] in most anisogamous organisms (organisms that reproduce sexually with a larger, female gamete and a smaller, male one). The term is used when the female gamete is not capable of movement (non- motile ). If the male gamete ( sperm) is capable of movement, the type ...
Echinostoma is a genus of trematodes (flukes), which can infect both humans and other animals. These intestinal flukes have a three-host life cycle with snails or other aquatic organisms as intermediate hosts, [ 2] and a variety of animals, including humans, as their definitive hosts . Echinostoma infect the gastrointestinal tract of humans ...
[16] [17] Helminth eggs of concern in wastewater used for irrigation have a size between 20 and 90 μm and a relative density of 1.06–1.23. [18] It is very difficult to inactivate helminth eggs, unless temperature is increased above 40 °C or moisture is reduced to less than 5%. [18] Eggs that are no longer viable do not produce any larvae.
Ichthyophthirius multifiliis, often termed " Ich ", [ 1][ 2] is a parasitic ciliate described by the French parasitologist Fouquet [who?] in 1876. Only one species is found in the genus which also gave name to the family. The name literally translates as "the fish louse with many children". The parasite can infect most freshwater fish species ...
The eggs are oval-shaped, measuring 115–175 μm long and 45–47 μm wide, and ~150 μm diameter on average. They have pointed spines towards the broader base on one side, i.e. lateral spines. This is an important diagnostic tool because co-infection with S. haematobium (having a terminal-spined eggs) is common, and they are hard to ...
Zooplankton are the animal (or heterotrophic) component of the planktonic community (the "zoo-" prefix comes from Ancient Greek: ζῷον, romanized : zôion, lit. 'animal'), having to consume other organisms to thrive. Plankton are aquatic organisms that are unable to swim effectively against currents. Consequently, they drift or are carried ...
Fasciola hepatica. Fasciola hepatica, also known as shreya or the common liver fluke or sheep liver fluke, is a parasitic trematode (fluke or flatworm, a type of helminth) of the class Trematoda, phylum Platyhelminthes. It infects the livers of various mammals, including humans, and is transmitted by sheep and cattle to humans all over the world.