Cestode names

Question 1

“cucumber seed tapeworm”

Answer 1

Diplidium Caninum 
 (larval flea/chewing louse --> dog/cat human)

Question 2

“zipper tapeworm”

Answer 2

Spirometra mansonoides (pseudophyllidean)

Question 3

“broad fish tapeworm”

Answer 3

Diphyllobothrium spp. (Pseudophyllidean)

Question 4

“measly mutton”

Answer 4

Taenia ovis (MC: cysticercus ovis)
(ruminants--> dogs)

Question 5

“ruminant tapeworm/ abdominal bladderworm”

Answer 5

Taenia hydatigena  (MC: cysticercus tenuicollis*)
(ruminants +/- pigs --> dogs)

Question 6

“rabbit tapeworm/ abdominal bladderworm”

Answer 6

Taenia pisiformis (MC: cysticercus pisiformis)

Question 7

“the feline taeniid/ strobilocercus of rats”

Answer 7

Taenia/hydatigera taeniaformis
(MC: cysticercus fasciolaris)
(rodents–> felids)

Question 8

Western US tapeworm

Answer 8

Echinococcus granulosus
(MC: unilocular hydatid cyst)
(ruminants +/- pigs horses humans–> dogs/carnivors)

Question 9

Northern North American tapeworm

Answer 9

Echinococus multilocularis
(MC: multilocular hydatid cyst)
(rodents/humans –> carnioves)

Question 10

“Sheep coenurus tapeworm/ stager or sturdy bladderworm”

Answer 10

Multiceps multiceps/Taenia multiceps
(MC: Coenurus cerebralis)
(ruminants neuro —> canids)

Question 11

“Rabbit coenurus tapeworm/ subcutaneous bladderworm”

Answer 11

Multiceps serialis/ taenia serialis
(MC: Coenurus serialis)
(rabbits –> canids)