Escape of the cercarial body of Gorgoderina vitelliloba from its anterior tail chamber

Mitchell J. B. and Mason A. R. 1978. Escape of the cercarial body of Gorgoderina vitelliloba from its anterior tail chamber. International Journal for Parasitology8: 193–198. Before the cercarial body of Gorgoderina vitelliloba can encyst in the body of its second intermediate host it must escape from the anterior tail chamber where it has been confined throughout the free living cercarial phase. Escape from the tail chamber is influenced by pH, enzymes, bile salts and by the physical nature of its environment. The cercarial body effects its escape after first becoming activated and then breaking its connection with the tail.