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rotifers ?

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#1 is a cercaria (trematode parasite in its swimming stage), looking for a vertebrate host to invade. :) That mouthlike "sucker" in the middle of its body is the "acetabulum," an organ used to latch onto surfaces. The actual mouth is further forward.
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Thank you very much Bruce :D
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Very interesting
http://imgbuddy.com/schistosoma-miracidium.asp
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