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WHILE examining certain Enchytraid worms for the stages of two cœlomic gregarines having periods of infection at different times in the year, namely, spring and autumn respectively, I found that the cœlom quickly became free from cysts at the end of the life-cycle of each type.
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FULLEGAR, M. Parasitic Autotomy in Worms and its Possible Significance. Nature 124, 792 (1929). https://doi.org/10.1038/124792a0
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