Cestodes - Specimens

Question 1

Answer 1

Dipylidium caninum

Adult tapeworm of Dogs/Cats/Humans

Intermediate Hosts: Ctenocephalides spp. / Trichodectes canis
(Cysticercoid)

Question 2

Answer 2

Moniezia expansa

Adult tapeworm of Small Ruminants

Intermediate Host: Box mites (Cysticercoid)

Question 3

Answer 3

Dipylidium caninum

Detached segments

Adult tapeworms of Dogs/Cats/Humans

Intermediate Hosts: Ctenocephalides spp. / Trichodectes canis
(Cysticercoid)

Question 4

Answer 4

Moniezia spp.

Adult tapeworms of Small Ruminants

Intermediate Host: Box mites (Cysticercoid)

Question 5

Answer 5

Plerocercoid in fish
Fish: Ligula simplicissima

Diphyllobothrium latum

First Intermediate Host: Cyclops spp. - Crustacean (Procercoid)

Second Intermediate Host: Freshwater Predacious Fish (Plerocercoid)

Question 6

Answer 6

Mesocestoides lineatus

Adult tapeworm

Question 7

Answer 7

Dipylidium caninum

Adult tapeworm of Dogs/Cats/Humans

Intermediate Hosts: Ctenocephalides spp. / Trichodectes canis
(Cysticercoid)

Question 8

Answer 8

Hymenolepis erinacei

Adult tapeworm of Birds

Intermediate Hosts: Insects

Question 9

Answer 9

Hymenolepis erinacei

Adult tapeworm of Birds

Intermediate Hosts: Insects

Question 10

Answer 10

Hymenolepis erinacei

Adult tapeworm of Birds

Intermediate Hosts: Insects

Question 11

Answer 11

Diphyllobothrium latum

First Intermediate Host: Cyclops spp. - Crustacean (Procercoid)

Second Intermediate Host: Freshwater Predacious Fish (Plerocercoid)

Question 12

Answer 12

Raillietina cesticillus

Adult tapeworm of Birds

Intermediate Hosts: Insects & Snails

Question 13

Answer 13

Hymenolepis diminuta
from Rat

Adult tapeworm of Birds

Intermediate Hosts: Insects

Question 14

Answer 14

Raillietina tetragona

Adult tapeworm of Birds

Intermediate Hosts: Insects & Snails

Question 15

Answer 15

Raillietina echinobothrida

Adult tapeworm of Birds

Intermediate Hosts: Insects & Snails

Question 16

Answer 16

Diphyllobothrium latum

First Intermediate Host: Cyclops spp. - Crustacean (Procercoid)

Second Intermediate Host: Freshwater Predacious Fish (Plerocercoid)

Question 17

Answer 17

Moniezia expansa

Stained detail of the strobila with sexually mature segments
(2 set of genitals in each)

Adult tapeworm of Small Ruminants

Intermediate Host: Box mites (Cysticercoid)

Question 18

Answer 18

Anoplocephala magna

Adult tapeworm of Horses

Intermediate Host: Box mites (Cysticercoid)

Question 19

Answer 19

Moniezia expansa

Adult tapeworm of Small Ruminants

Intermediate Host: Box mites (Cysticercoid)

Question 20

Answer 20

Dried segments

Dipylidium caninum

Adult tapeworm of Dogs/Cats/Humans

Intermediate Hosts: Ctenocephalides spp. / Trichodectes canis
(Cysticercoid)

Question 21

Answer 21

Spontaneous sheded segments

Moniezia spp.

Adult tapeworm of Small Ruminants

Intermediate Host: Box mites (Cysticercoid)

Question 22

Answer 22

Anoplocephala perfoliata

Adult tapeworm of Horses

Intermediate Host: Box mites (Cysticercoid)

Question 23

Answer 23

Mesocestoides lineatus

Adult tapeworm

Question 24

Answer 24

Mesocestoides sp.
from Jackal

Adult tapeworm

Question 25

Answer 25

*Mesocestoides sp.* Stained adult tapeworms

Question 26

Answer 26

**Segments** *Moniezia benedeni* Adult tapeworm of Small Ruminants _Intermediate Host_: Box mites (Cysticercoid)

Question 27

Answer 27

*Anoplocephala perfoliata* Adult tapeworm of Horses _Intermediate Host_: Box mites (Cysticercoid)

Question 28

Answer 28

*Anoplocephala magna* Adult tapeworm of Horses _Intermediate Host_: Box mites (Cysticercoid)

Question 29

Answer 29

*Anoplocephala perfoliata* Adult tapeworm of Horses _Intermediate Host_: Box mites (Cysticercoid)

Question 30

Answer 30

*Dipylidium caninum* Adult tapeworm of Dogs/Cats/Humans _Intermediate Hosts_: *Ctenocephalides spp.* / *Trichodectes canis* (Cysticercoid)

Question 31

Answer 31

*Dipylidium caninum Stained* Adult tapeworm of Dogs/Cats/Humans _Intermediate Hosts_: *Ctenocephalides spp.* / *Trichodectes canis* (Cysticercoid)

Question 32

Answer 32

*Anoplocephala perfoliata* Adult tapeworm of Horses _Intermediate Host_: Box mites (Cysticercoid)

Question 33

Answer 33

*Anoplocephala perfoliata* Adult tapeworm of Horses _Intermediate Host_: Box mites (Cysticercoid)

Question 34

Answer 34

**Plerocercoid in fish** Fish: *Ligula simplicissima* *Diphyllobothrium latum* _First Intermediate Host_: *Cyclops spp.* - Crustacean (Procercoid) _Second Intermediate Host_: Freshwater Predacious Fish (Plerocercoid)