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Ebersole

SCOLEX – attachment in the intestinal mucosa

Parasite ILLUSTRATION/ Picture
Diphyllobothrium
latum
With 2 false cuplike
suckers or sucking
grooves ( bothria);
Almond shape or
spatulate

Taenia spp. T. solium T. saginata

Rostellum with hooks Without rostellum nor hooks
( Double Crown)

Hymenolepis diminuta
With four suckers;
small (rudimentary)
apical rostellum
without hooks

Hymenolepis nana
With four suckers;
small rostellum with
one row of hooks

Dipylidium caninum
With four suckers;
club shaped armed
rostellum with up to
seven circlets
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Proglottid – segments and part where reproductive organs are found

Parasite ILLUSTRATION/ Picture
Diphyllobothrium
latum
Wider than they are
long; Rosette gravid
proglottid ( central
uterine); Bilobed
ovary

Taenia spp. T. solium T. saginata

W/ accessory ovarian lobe With vaginal sphincter

Hymenolepis diminuta
and Hymenolepis nana
Rectangular; Saclike
uterus filled with
eggs; Often difficult
to see

Dipylidium caninum
Pumpkin Seed
mature and gravid
proglottid; Two sets
of reproductive
organs; With two
genital pores; full
eggs enclosed in
embryonic membrane

OVA – diagnostic stage for cestodes

( Except: Echnicoccus granulosus: Hydatid Cyst)
Parasite ILLUSTRATION/ Picture
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― Fried Egg Appearance‖

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Echinococcus granulosus also known as Dog Tapeworm or Hydatid Tapeworm

Definitive Host: Dogs; Intermediate Host: Sheep and Man
Adult scolex, small neck, and three proglottids, one at each developmental stage—
immature, mature, and gravid. The scolex contains four suckers and has
approximately 36 hooks. This form is not typically seen in humans but is commonly
found in canines, which serve as definitive hosts. With twisted or coiled uterus

Hydatid Cyst

Ova Indistinguishable to Taenia eggs; cannot be recovered in human

NOTHING FOLLOWS