This term describes the phenomenon that, e.g., sporocysts of Leucochloridium macrostomum and Urogonimus macrostomum enter the tentacles of their host snail and start there heavy pulsations (up to 70 per/min); thus the tentacles appear worm-like and stimulate birds to ingest the infected snails leading to a patent infection.
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Mehlhorn, H. (2015). Peckhams Mimikry. In: Mehlhorn, H. (eds) Encyclopedia of Parasitology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-27769-6_4949-1
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