-
known as tapeworms.
Their bodies consist of many
similar units known as
proglottids—essentially
packages of eggs
which are
regularly shed into the environment...
- hermaphrodites. Most
except caryophyllideans consist of a few to 4000
proglottids (segments) that show a
characteristic body
differentiation pattern into...
- cestodes, a
genital pore
occurs on the side of the
proglottid. Eggs are
released when the
proglottid deteriorates, so a
uterine pore is unnecessary. Taenia...
- 3 mm to 6 mm and has
three proglottids ("segments") when intact—an
immature proglottid,
mature proglottid and a
gravid proglottid. The
average number of eggs...
- larvae,
called cysticerci. As hermaphrodites, each body
segment called proglottid has
complete sets of both male and
female reproductive systems. Thus,...
-
species such as D. latum, with more than 3,000
proglottids. One or
several of the tape-like
proglottid segments (hence the name tapeworm)
regularly detach...
- the
three distinct proglottids are
immature proglottids towards the neck,
mature proglottids in the middle, and
gravid proglottids at the
posterior end...
- cu****ber
tapeworm (in
reference to the
shape of its cu****ber-seed-like
proglottids,
though these also
resemble grains of rice or
sesame seeds) is a cyclophyllid...
-
adult cestodes generate vast
numbers of hermaphroditic, segment-like
proglottids that
detach when mature, are excreted, and then
release eggs. Unlike...
- absent),
presence of two sets of
reproductive systems in each
proglottid, and each
proglottid being very
short but very broad. M.
expansa has a
typical cestode...
