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Helminths: Cestodes Flashcards

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Diphyllobothrium latum

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Ovum/egg
55-75um long
embryo is underdeveloped, coracidium
shell: smooth, yellow/brown color
operculum on one end, terminal knob on opposite end

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Taenia species

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Ovum: 28-40um long
3 pairs of hooklets
(Hexacanth embryo)
radial striations, yellow brown
CANNOT differentiate species by eggs

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Hymenolepis nana

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Ovum/Egg: 38um
3 pairs of hooklets
hexacanth embryo
polar thickenings and filaments present
embryophore is present and colorless

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Hymenolepis diminuta

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Ovum/egg 55-85um
3 pairs of hooklets.
hexacanth embryo
No polar filaments
embryophore is present and colorless

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