WormMine: LifeStage WBls:0000666

• Definition: A microfilaria life stage in which larvae are not sheathed by a membrane thought to be derived from the vitelline membrane.
• Primary Identifier: WBls:0000666
• Public Name: unsheathed microfilaria

0 Anatomy Terms

1 Contained In

Remark	Definition	Other Name	Public Name	Primary Identifier
Anderson, R.C. (2000) Nematode Parasites of Vertebrates: Their Development and Transmission. Second Edition. CABI Publishing: Wallingford, England, pp. 472-475.	An early stage in the life cycle of some parasitic nematodes which develops from the egg and precedes the L1 stage.		microfilaria	WBls:0000664

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0 Expression Patterns

0 Followed By

1 Preceded By

Remark	Definition	Other Name	Public Name	Primary Identifier
	The whole period of embryogenesis in a nematode, from the formation of an egg until hatching.		nematode embryo	WBls:0000102

2 Sub Stages

Remark	Definition	Other Name	Public Name	Primary Identifier
	Microfilaria larvae found in nodules and ulcers.		nodular microfilaria	WBls:0000667
	Microfilaria larvae found subcutaneously		skin microfilaria	WBls:0000668