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The larval forms of a tapeworm are known as ________.

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Cysticercus

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Cysticercus is known as the larval form of tapeworm. The structure of cysticercus comprises of a sac filled with fluid. Since tapeworm is a parasite, its larva is found within the tissue of the host.

The larva of tapeworm is also harmful as a full grown adult as it causes cysticercosis in humans which causes mild abdominal symptoms and infection that causes passage of proglottids in the stool

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