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These organisms were found in the eye of a marine fish. They are metacercariae of the eye fluke (''Diplostomum sp.'').
 
These organisms were found in the eye of a marine fish. They are metacercariae of the eye fluke (''Diplostomum sp.'').
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As its common name suggests, this organism has a predilection for the eye and may cause cataracts and blindness. The life cycle is completed when the secondary host in which the metacercariae are encysted is eaten by the specific primary host higher up the
 
As its common name suggests, this organism has a predilection for the eye and may cause cataracts and blindness. The life cycle is completed when the secondary host in which the metacercariae are encysted is eaten by the specific primary host higher up the
 
food chain.
 
food chain.
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