Moniezia benedeni

MONIEZIA BENEDENI

Host
Sheep, goats and camels
Location
Small intestine
Oribatid mites
Intermediate stage
Cysticercoid
Mature segments
  • Body is weakly segmented.
  • Segments are visible when compared to Avitellina species.
  • Single set of genitalia with irregularly alternating genital pores.
  • Few testes in 2 groups on either side of excretory canal.
  • Ovary is globular and is median to excretory canal.
  • Uterus is dumb-bell shaped with two portions united by a transverse duct.
Gravid segments
  • Double par uterine organs in each segment.
  • Grossly, they appear thin and transparent with fringed / frilled edges.

Last modified: Tuesday, 19 June 2012, 9:55 AM