Cestodes Flashcards
Scolex: spatulate w/ two sucking grooves
PSEUDOPHYLLIDEAN
Scolex: globular w/ 4 muscular suckers
CYCLOPHYLLIDEAN
Ova: operculated and immature
PSEUDOPHYLLIDEAN
Ova: non-operculated and mature
CYCLOPHYLLIDEAN
Embryo: coracidium (ciliated)
PSEUDOPHYLLIDEAN
Embryo: hexacanth or oncosphere
CYCLOPHYLLIDEAN
REQUIRES VERTEBRATE INTERMEDIATE HOST
Taenia solium & Taenia saginata
REQUIRES INVERTEBRATE INTERMEDIATE HOST
Dipyllidium caninum,
Hymenolepis nana,
may or may not require intermediate host
Hymenolepis nana
infects man in the larval stage
Echninococcus granulosus
Phylum platyhelminthes common name
Flatworms
Flatworms scientific name
Phylum platyhelminthes
2 classes of flatworms
Cestoda and Trematoda
Flukes
Trematodes
Cestodes
Tapeworms
Diphyllobothrium latum common name
Fish tapeworm
Fish tapeworm scientific name
Diphyllobothrium latum
size of Diphyllobothrium latum
8-12 meters long
Kosette-shaped uterus
Diphyllobothrium latum
Broader than they are long
Diphyllobothrium latum
Eggs or Ovum of Diphyllobothrium latum
Operculated or immature
1st Intermediate host of Diphyllobothrium latum
Copepod or CYCLOPS
2nd Intermediate host of Diphyllobothrium latum
Fresh water FISH
Disease of Diphyllobothrium latum (adult worm infection)
Diphyllobothriasis