Sporocyst
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Sporocyst is a common name of a lifecycle stage in two unrelated groups of species:
- Apicomplexa parasites: see Apicomplexa lifecycle stages
- Trematode flatworms: see Trematode lifecycle stagesTrematode lifecycle stagesTrematodes are small parasitic flatworms that use vertebrates as their definitive host, and molluscs as their intermediate host. In order to accomplish this, they have several varied lifecyle stages....