Cestodes - Specimens Flashcards
Dipylidium caninum
Adult tapeworm of Dogs/Cats/Humans
Intermediate Hosts: Ctenocephalides spp. / Trichodectes canis
(Cysticercoid)
Moniezia expansa
Adult tapeworm of Small Ruminants
Intermediate Host: Box mites (Cysticercoid)
Dipylidium caninum
Detached segments
Adult tapeworms of Dogs/Cats/Humans
Intermediate Hosts: Ctenocephalides spp. / Trichodectes canis
(Cysticercoid)
Moniezia spp.
Adult tapeworms of Small Ruminants
Intermediate Host: Box mites (Cysticercoid)
Plerocercoid in fish
Fish: Ligula simplicissima
Diphyllobothrium latum
First Intermediate Host: Cyclops spp. - Crustacean (Procercoid)
Second Intermediate Host: Freshwater Predacious Fish (Plerocercoid)
Mesocestoides lineatus
Adult tapeworm
Dipylidium caninum
Adult tapeworm of Dogs/Cats/Humans
Intermediate Hosts: Ctenocephalides spp. / Trichodectes canis
(Cysticercoid)
Hymenolepis erinacei
Adult tapeworm of Birds
Intermediate Hosts: Insects
Hymenolepis erinacei
Adult tapeworm of Birds
Intermediate Hosts: Insects
Hymenolepis erinacei
Adult tapeworm of Birds
Intermediate Hosts: Insects
Diphyllobothrium latum
First Intermediate Host: Cyclops spp. - Crustacean (Procercoid)
Second Intermediate Host: Freshwater Predacious Fish (Plerocercoid)
Raillietina cesticillus
Adult tapeworm of Birds
Intermediate Hosts: Insects & Snails
Hymenolepis diminuta
from Rat
Adult tapeworm of Birds
Intermediate Hosts: Insects
Raillietina tetragona
Adult tapeworm of Birds
Intermediate Hosts: Insects & Snails
Raillietina echinobothrida
Adult tapeworm of Birds
Intermediate Hosts: Insects & Snails