Miracidium of Allocreadium fasciatusi Kakaji 1969 (Trematoda: Allocreadiidae)

The miracidium of Allocreadium fasciatusi has 18 epidermal cells arranged in 3 tiers according to the formula 6,8,4. In the posterior part of the miracidium there is a fully formed redia while the anterior part contains 2 fluid-filled refractile sacs which appear to store the waste material released by the redia. The 2 excretory pores of the miracidium are middorsal and midventeral rather than lateral.