| Definition | A larval stage of cestodes characterized by internal (and often external) chambers lined by germinal epithelium. The inner germinal layer of hydatid cysts is cellular and the protoscolex develops from those cells. | Primary Identifier | WBls:0000714 |
| Public Name | hydatid cyst stage | Remark | Note that a hydatid cyst is a type of bladder larva, a larval form in which one or more scoleces develop in a fluid-filled cyst. Other types of bladder larva include cysticercus, coenurus and strobilocercus. |
| Remark | Definition | Other Name | Public Name | Primary Identifier |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Any developmental stage of a Cestode (tapeworm). | Cestoda life stage | WBls:0000712 | ||
| The larval stages of a tapeworm, beginning with the metamorphosis of the oncosphere and ending with the first evidence of sexuality in the adult worm. Includes the procercoid and plerocercoid stages of pseudophyllid cestodes, and the cysticercus, cysticercoid, coenurus, and hydatid stages of cyclophyllidean cestodes. | metacestode | WBls:0000716 |
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