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Neascus metacercaria that has not yet been attached by the dark, melanin-rich pigment cells.

Host tissue: 

skin

Photographer / Illustrator: 

Craig Banner

Pathogen life stage: 

metacercaria

Image type: 

Light Micrograph
Bright Field
unstained
Unpigmented Neascus metacercaria.
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