Cercaria (genus)

Cercaria
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Platyhelminthes
Class: Trematoda
Order: Plagiorchiida
Family: Fellodistomidae
Genus: Cercaria
Müller, 1773

Cercaria is the name of a genus of trematodes in the subclass Digenea. It is used as a placeholder genus when the species description is based on the cercarial life stage and the adult forms are not known.