COMMON NAME SCOLEX STROBILA SEGMENTS SUCKERS GENITAL PORE VITELLARIA

T. saginata Beef Tapeworm Pyriform; No rostellum 1000-2000 (3rd) Tree-like, uterine

Unarmed
4 cup-like Lateral
T. solium Pork Tapeworm Globular; Armed rostellum 800-1000 (4th) Dendritic, uterine
25-30
H. Rat Tapeworm Club/Knob shaped 800-1000 (4th) Rectangular, sac-like
diminuta Unarmed retractable rostellum
4 muscular Lateral
H. nana Dwarf tapeworm Rhomboid 96-200 (6th) Broader than long, sac-like ALL
Armed rostellum, 20-30 hooks Compact
D. caninum Dog/Double-Pored Globular; Armed Rostellum 200 (5th) Melon/Cucumber/Pumpkin seed -
Tapeworm 1-7 circlets of spine 2 sets reproductive organs
R. Madagascar worm Subgloblular; Armed Rostellum 5000 (HIGHEST) Rice grain appearance -
4 muscular
garrisoni 90-140 hammer alternating hooks 1 genital pore
E. Hydatid Worm Globular, Armed Rostellum 3 (LOWEST) Hydatid Cysts CT -
granulosus Double rows, 28-40 hooks
D. latum Broad Fish Tapeworm Almond-shaped/spoon-shaped 3000 (2nd) Rosette like, central uterine pore Slit-like bothria/ - Diffused
Ventral genital pore Suctorial grooves
Spirometra - -

OVA INTERMEDIATE HOST INFECTIVE STAGE MOT LIFE CYCLE

T. saginata Non-operculated; yellow brown; thick-shelled with striations Cattle/cow/carabao Cysticercus bovis Ingestion of Eggs are infective to IH
T. solium Segmented Pigs Cysticercus cellulosae infected meat Egg > Hexacanth >
Muscle cysticercosis IH
H. diminuta Thick walled, Fried Egg Appearance Xenopsylla cheopis Cysticercoid larva Ingestion No Direct Cycle
Ctenophalides canis and felis contam food e.g. wheat
H. nana Thin shell with polar filaments (4-8), thickenings (2), Armed Tribolium spp. Embryonated ova/ Ingestion Direct Cycle- Egg ingested by man
w hooklets (6) Pulex irritans Cysticercoid larva contam food and water
D. caninum Resembles taenia Ctenophalides canis and felis Cysticercoid larva Gravid Proglottids (feces, perianal)
Egg packets (8-15) Egg (released, ingested by IH)
R. garrisoni Spindle-shaped Tribolium confusum Cysticercoid larva Oncosphere (penetrate intestine of
Outer elongated membrane Tribolium sp. IH)
Tenebrio sp. Ingestion Cysticercoid (DH ingests IH)
E. granulosus Round and subspherical, Thick and yellow brown Sheep, Ox, Man (Dead End), Hydatid cyst Eggs
embryophore Goat, Swine, Cattle, Horse, (ingested by IH: small bowel)
Camel Oncosphere
(penetrates intestinal wall)
D. latum Oblong, unsegmented, operc 1st: Cyclops, copepods, Plerocercoid larva Egg > 1 IH > Coracidium >
Distinct abopercular knob diaptomus Procercoid > 2IH > Plerocercoid
2nd: Fish
Spirometra