Eggs

Question 1

Which egg is this?

Answer 1

Ascarid nematode
Round/Oval with thick outer shell. Can be rough or smooth
Single cell stage contents

Question 2

What types of eggs do nematodes have?

Answer 2

Ascarid
Strongyle
Spiruroud
Trichuroid

Question 3

Which type of egg is this?

Answer 3

Nematode strongyle
Oval/elliptical with thin, smooth shell. Contains morula stage

Question 4

Which type of egg is this?

Answer 4

Nematode Spiruroid.
Oval/rectangular with thin, smooth shell. Contains first stage larva

Question 5

Which type of egg is this?

Answer 5

Nematode trichuroid.
Elliptical with polar plugs. Thick, smooth outer shell. Contains single cell stage

Question 6

What type of eggs do cestodes have?

Answer 6

Pyriform apparatus
Dipylidium
Taenia
Pseudophyllidean

Question 7

What type of egg is this?

Answer 7

Cestode w/ Pyriform apparatus
3 coverings with inner pear shape hexacanth

Question 8

What type of egg is this?

Answer 8

Cestode dipylidium
Multiple hexacanths

Question 9

What type of egg is this?

Answer 9

Cestode Taenia
Wide shell with thick covering of hexacanth

Question 10

What egg is this?

Answer 10

Cestode pseudophyllidean
Operculated egg (lid covering)