7 Questions
- Four suckers
- No rostellum
- No hooks
- Longer than wide rectangular
- 15-30 branches
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- Four suckers
- Has rostellum
- Double crown hooks
- Somewhat square
- 7-15 branches
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- Four suckers
- Has rostellum
- No hooks
- Twice as wide as long
- Saclike uterus filled with eggs
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- Four suckers
- Short rostellum
- One row of hooks
- Twice as wide as long
- Saclike uterus filled with eggs
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- Four suckers
- Has rostellum; clubshaped
- 1-7 circles of spines
- Pumpkin seed
- Full of eggs in enclosed embryonic membrane
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- Two sucking grooves
- Almond rostellum
- No hooks
- Wider than long
- Central; rosette
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- Four suckers
- 36 hooks
- Scolex, small neck, and three proglottids, one at each developmental stage – immature, mature, and gravid
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Study Notes
Tapeworm Characteristics
- Four suckers present in all types
- Rostellum presence varies among types
- Hook presence and type differ among types
- Body shape and size differ among types:
- Longer than wide rectangular
- Somewhat square
- Twice as wide as long
- Pumpkin seed shape
- Wider than long
- Branching patterns differ among types:
- 15-30 branches
- 7-15 branches
- Reproductive characteristics:
- Saclike uterus filled with eggs
- Full of eggs in enclosed embryonic membrane
- Scolex characteristics:
- Almond-shaped rostellum
- Central; rosette
- Developmental stages:
- Scolex, small neck, and three proglottids (immature, mature, and gravid)
Hook Characteristics
- Double crown hooks present in some types
- One row of hooks present in some types
- 1-7 circles of spines present in some types
- 36 hooks present in some types
- No hooks present in some types
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