The plerocercoid was ivory-white and 26.2 – 57.8 cm long.
Song H. B., Park G. M. 2018, 'Infection status with plerocercoid of ligulid tapeworm in cyprinid fish from threelakes in Republic of Korea', Helminthologiahttp://www.degruyter.com/view/j/helm.2018.55.issue-3/helm-2018-0012/helm-2018-0012.xml?format=INT. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The plerocercoid larvae sometimes invade the encephalon, resulting in severe cerebral sparganosis.
Daojun Hong, Huiqun Xie, Hui Wan, Ning An, Chunhua Xu, Jun Zhang 2018, 'Efficacy comparison between long-term high-dose praziquantel and surgical therapyfor cerebral sparganosis: A multicenter retrospective cohort study.', PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseaseshttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6211769?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The genetic analysis in this study was conducted to identify plerocercoid species.
Song H. B., Park G. M. 2018, 'Infection status with plerocercoid of ligulid tapeworm in cyprinid fish from threelakes in Republic of Korea', Helminthologiahttp://www.degruyter.com/view/j/helm.2018.55.issue-3/helm-2018-0012/helm-2018-0012.xml?format=INT. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Data collected confirm that plerocercoid larvae prefer the upper mass of perch muscle.
MariaLetizia Fioravanti, Giuseppe Ru, Tommaso Scanzio, Marzia Righetti, Maria CristinaBona, Monica Caffara, Elena Pavoletti, Andrea Gustinelli, Marino Prearo 2013, 'Diphyllobothrium latum in Italy: plerocercoids larvae distribution in perch (Percafluviatilis) fillets', Italian Journal of Food Safetyhttp://www.pagepressjournals.org/index.php/ijfs/article/view/969. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
However, only 0.9% of cestodes were in larval (plerocercoid) stages.
Tetiana A. Kuzmina, Jesús S. Hernández-Orts, Eugene T. Lyons, Terry R. Spraker, VadymV. Kornyushyn, Roman Kuchta 2015, 'The cestode community in northern fur seals (Callorhinus ursinus) on St. Paul Island,Alaska', International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlifehttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213224415000231. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Five species of parasites were found: two digenean (metacercariae), only one monogenean, one cestode (plerocercoid) and one copepod.
Gilberto Cezar Pavanelli, Ricardo Massato Takemoto, Fábio Hideki Yamada 2007, 'Aspectos ecológicos dos ectoparasitos branquiais de Satanoperca pappaterra(Heckel, 1840) (Cichlidae) da planície de inundação do alto rio Paraná, Brasil- DOI: 10.4025/actascibiolsci.v29i3.555 Ecological aspects of ectoparasites fromthe gills of Satanoperca pappaterra (Heckel, 1840) (Cichlidae) from the upperParaná river floodplain, Brazil - DOI: 10.4025/actascibiolsci.v29i3.555', Acta Scientiarum : Biological Scienceshttp://www.periodicos.uem.br/ojs/index.php/ActaSciBiolSci/article/view/555. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Encysted plerocercoid of trypanorhynch cestodes found at necropsy in the viscera of snappers were sampled for parasitological analysis.
André Mota Alves, Geza Thais Rangel e Souza, Ricardo Massato Takemoto, Luiz EduardoRoland Tavares, Cláudia Moura de Melo, Rubens Riscala Madi, Verónica de Lourdes SierpeJeraldo 2018, 'Occurrence of larvae of trypanorhynch cestodes in snappers (Lutjanidae) from northeastBrazil', Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterináriahttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1984-29612018005005106&lng=en&tlng=en. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Macroscopic and microscopic observations were carried out in all stages of the parasite (procercoid, plerocercoid and adult).
S Karimi, M Shamsaii, S Shargh 2008, 'Distribution of Parasitic Cestod', Iranian Journal of Parasitologyhttp://journals.tums.ac.ir/PdfMed.aspx?pdf_med=/upload_files/pdf/9165.pdf&manuscript_id=9165. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)