Species Profile
Taenia solium
Pork tapeworm
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumPlatyhelminthes
ClassCestoda
OrderUnknown
FamilyUnknown
Introduction
Taenia solium lives in human intestine.
Larval stage occurs in pig.
Important zoonotic parasite.
Size & Structure
01
Long ribbon-like body
02
Scolex with hooks
03
Segmented proglottids
04
White colour
Taenia solium — 3D Model
No 3D model available
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 pigs
Part of parasite transmission cycles
Affects host health
Economic Importance
Human health hazard
Veterinary concern
Public health importance