Cestodes

Pseudophylliden Cestodes

Diphyllobothrium latum
(adult worm)
3-10 meters long
Scolex: spoon shaped/spatulate
with sucking grooves called
Borthria
Number of segments: 3,00010,000
Uterus is rosette shaped:gravid
because it can contain up to 1
million eggs
Has bilobed uterus and testes

Diphyllobothrium
latum
(ova)
Yellowish brown

Thick shelled
Has conical and inconspicious
inoculum
Has knob-like abopercular end

Cyclophyllidean Cestodes
Taenia solium (adult
Number of segments: 800-1000
worm)
Length: 2-4 meters(some up to 7
meters)
Scolex has 4 cup-like suckers, with
armd rostellum
Egg segment has 2 ovaries and
100-200 testes
Has polar projection/thickening
and 4-8 polar filaments

Hymenoiepis nana
(adult worm)

Size: 5-45mm
Number of segments:100-200
segments
Scolex is subglobular with 4 cup-like
suckers and armed rostellum
Mature segments has 3 testes( 2 on
left and 1 on right) and 1 ovary

Hymenoiepis nana
(ova)
Subspherical in shape
Oncosphere with 3 pairs of
hooklets
Has thin outer membrane thick
inner membrane
Has polar projection, 4-8 polar
filaments

Hymenoiepis diminuta
(adult worm)

20-60 cm in length
Number of segments: 800-1300
Scolex: Has club shaped with 4
suckers and unarmed rostellum
Mature segment has 3 testes(2
on left and 1 on right)