Parameter: PARASITE_LIFE_STAGE

Dataset: 
Parasite taxonomic and life cycle information
Parameter: 
stage
Master parameters information
Short Name:
 stage
Short Description:
 stage
Official Name:
 stage
No Data Value:
Description:
 

Organism life history stage, reported as a code or text.

Dataset-parameters information
Supplied Name: 
PARASITE_LIFE_STAGE
Supplied Units: 
unitless
Datatype: 
String
Conversion Necessary: 
no
Conversion Utility: 
No Data Value: 
nd
Description: 
The life stage of the parasite or other symbiont. "Adult" indicates the specimen is in the adult sexually reproductive stage and has mature, developed reproductive organs; "Adult, immature" indicates it is in its adult stage but is immature and has not yet developed reproductive organs; "Larva" is the non-reproductive nematode life stage found in intermediate hosts; "Cystacanth" is the encysting acanthocephalan life stage found in intermediate hosts; "Metacestode" is the encysting cestode life stage found in intermediate hosts; "Metacercaria" is the encysting trematode life stage found in the second intermediate host; "Sporocyst" is the asexual cloning trematode life stage found in the first intermediate host.