Ascaris larva is called (a) cysticercus (b) rhabditiform (c) hexacanth (d) onchosphere.
Option B In Ascaris, rhabditiform larva of first stage is not infective. In a week’s time, it moults within the egg shell and becomes the second stage rhabditoid, which is capable of infecting the host. Cysticercus, hexacanth and onchosphere are the larval stages of Taenia.
