The damselfly larva is what type of host?

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A tapeworm that lives and sexually reproduces in the intestine of a bald
eagle is transmitted when the tapeworm eggs are ingested by an aquatic
damselfly larva, within which it changes form to become a cysticercoid
larva. The infected damselfly is ingested by a fish, within which the
cysticercoid remains viable and is transmitted to the eagle when it feeds on
fish, thus completing the life cycle.
The damselfly larva is what type of host?
a) intermediate
b) definitive
c) paratenic
d) communion
Transcribed Image Text:A tapeworm that lives and sexually reproduces in the intestine of a bald eagle is transmitted when the tapeworm eggs are ingested by an aquatic damselfly larva, within which it changes form to become a cysticercoid larva. The infected damselfly is ingested by a fish, within which the cysticercoid remains viable and is transmitted to the eagle when it feeds on fish, thus completing the life cycle. The damselfly larva is what type of host? a) intermediate b) definitive c) paratenic d) communion
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