|does not require 2nd intermediate host<br>(no metacercariae stage)||requires 2nd intermediate host
|}
==lifecycle==
{{Intermediate
|category=snails
|latin=''Oncomelania nosophora'' 宮入貝 in Japan
|inward=
<ol>
<li>eggs hatch in freshwater to '''miracidia'''
<li>miracidia invade snail tissue
</ol>
|organ=snail tissue
|reproduction=asexual
|course=
<ol>
<li>miracidia grow into '''sporocysts''' in snail tissue
<li>sporocysts release '''cercariae''' in snail tissue
|detection=
|outward=cercariae swim into freshwater in reaction to light (sunlight)
}}
==''Schistosoma japonicum''==