Species Profile
Taenia saginata
Beef tapeworm
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumPlatyhelminthes
ClassCestoda
OrderUnknown
FamilyUnknown
Introduction
Taenia saginata inhabits human intestine.
Cattle serve as intermediate host.
Common intestinal parasite.
Size & Structure
01
Very long segmented body
02
Scolex without hooks
03
Numerous proglottids
04
Whitish colour
Taenia saginata — 3D Model
General Features
- Coelom
- Acoelomate
- Body plan
- Blind sac body plan
- Germ layer
- Triploblastic
- Metamerism
- Present (proglottids)
- Body symmetry
- Bilateral
- Fertilization
- Internal
- Digestion type
- Absent
- Nervous system
- Ladder-like nervous system
- Excretory organ
- Flame cells
- Body temperature
- Poikilothermic, stenohaline
- Circulatory type
- Type-I (absent)
- Development type
- Indirect
- Respiratory type
- Anaerobic
- Mode of excretion
- Ammonotelism
- Circulation system
- Absent
- Skeleton structure
- Absent
- Level of Organisation
- Organ system level
- Regulation of Osmosis
- Osmoregulator
Ecology
Parasite of humans and cattle
Part of food-borne cycles
Host-parasite interaction
Economic Importance
Public health importance
Meat inspection relevance
Economic loss in cattle industry