There are two types of Parasites: Taenia Saginata (Beef Tapeworm)

and Taenia Solium (Pork Tapeworm).

The body of an adult Taenia Solium is whittish, flat and is made up of
segments- proglottids.
The adult tapeworms attach to the intestine by their scolex, which is their
head and therefore live in the small intestine.
The head has 4 suckers and two rows of hooks, ensuring proper
attachment.
Taenia Solium also has a neck, which produces segments- they grow
bigger as they move towards the rectum.
Each segment produces eggs that remain within until the segment is
passed out in stool.
Each segment is about 1cm long and 2cm wide and has about 50 000
eggs.
An adult tapeworm typically grows anywhere from 2 7 m and contains
1000 segments and therefore produce proglottids.
These proglottids mature detach from the tapeworm and move to the
anus and get passed in faeces. Typically 6 gravid proglottids are shed per
day.

Taenia Saginata is also flat, long and segmented and attaches to the
intestine via it's scolex using four suckers. The scolex has a pearshaped and cup-like appearance. It is around 0.1-0.2 cm wide.

They produce proglottids which mature and become bigger as they

move away from the neck. They are around 1.6 - 2 cm long and 0.5
- 0.7 cm wide.

Every proglottid has it's own reproductive organs. Approximately

100 000 eggs are produced a day and they absorb nutrients through
their membranes

As with Taenia Solium, the proglottids break off and move

with faeces out of the human body. The eggs also remain within
segments until excreted out of the body.

A fully grown adult is a whitish colour and has around 1000-2000

proglottids attaches and typically 6 gravid proglottids are shed per
day.

Taenia Saginata can grow from 2 25m long.