participates in Schistosoma mansoni adult worm Schistosoma mansoni adult female worm Anna Protasio Jie Zheng Chris Stoeckert Flora Logan A Schistosoma mansoni adult worm is the fully developed mature female form of Schistosoma mansoni and capable of sexual reproduction, which lives within the gynacophoric canal of the adult male worm in the small inferior mesenteric blood vessels surrounding the large intestine of the mammal host. S. mansoni adult female worm Schistosoma mansoni adult female worm stage