A tapeworm that lives and sexually reproduces in the intestine of a bald eagle is transmitted when the tapeworm eggs are ingested by an aquatic damselfly larva, within which it changes form to become a cysticercoid larva. The infected damselfly is ingested by a fish, within which the cysticercoid remains viable and is transmitted to the eagle when it feeds on fish , thus completing the life cycle. What type of life cycle is this? a) direct b) predatory c) indirect d) convoluted

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A tapeworm that lives and sexually reproduces in the intestine of a bald
eagle is transmitted when the tapeworm eggs are ingested by an aquatic
damselfly larva, within which it changes form to become a cysticercoid
larva. The infected damselfly is ingested by a fish, within which the
cysticercoid remains viable and is transmitted to the eagle when it feeds on
fish , thus completing the life cycle.
What type of life cycle is this?
a) direct
b) predatory
c) indirect
d) convoluted
Transcribed Image Text:A tapeworm that lives and sexually reproduces in the intestine of a bald eagle is transmitted when the tapeworm eggs are ingested by an aquatic damselfly larva, within which it changes form to become a cysticercoid larva. The infected damselfly is ingested by a fish, within which the cysticercoid remains viable and is transmitted to the eagle when it feeds on fish , thus completing the life cycle. What type of life cycle is this? a) direct b) predatory c) indirect d) convoluted
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