CESTODE TREMATODE NEMATODE

COMMON NAMES Tapeworm Fluke

SHAPE Tape-like; Leaf-like; Elongated;
segmented unsegmented cylindrical;
unsegmented
SEXES Not separate Not separate Dioecious
(monoecious) (monoecious)
HEAD Suckers often with Suckers, no hook No suckers, no
hook hooks, well
developed buccal
cavity
ALIMENTARY absent Incomplete, no anus Present, anus
CANAL present
BODY CAVITY Absent Absent Present
Pseudophyllidean: Human
Diphyllobothrium latum Schistosomes/Blood
Cyclophyllidean: Flukes:
Taenia sollum Schistosoma haematobium
Taenia saginata Schistosoma mansoni
Echinococcus granulosus Schistosoma japonicum
Hymenolepis nana Schistosoma mekongi
Hymenolepis dimunata Liver Flukes:
Dipylidium caninum Fasciola hepatica
Raillientina sp. Clonorchis sinensis
Raillientina celebensis Opistorchis felineus
Opistorchis viverrini
Intestinal Flukes:
Fasciolopsis buski
Echinostoma ilocanum
Heterophyes heterophyes
Metagonimus yokogawai
Lung Fluke:
Paragonimus westermani
Parts: Muscle Fibers: OCMOIL
1. Scolex – organ of -Outer circular, middle
attachment oblique, inner longitudinal
2. Neck – budding -measuring worm motion
zone -Distomate: 1 ventral and
3. Strobila – body oral sucker (acetabula)
of worm with 3- -solenocyte/flame cell
4000 segments water regulating
-immature segment mechanism
-mature segment -Parasitic trematodes:
-gravid segment oviparous
hermaphroditic -Operculated eggs except
Ova: Schistosoma
1. pseudophyllidae
ovum:
2. cyclophyllidae
ovum:
Larva
1. solid larvae:
pseudophillidae
2. bladder larvae:
cyclophillidae