Cotugnia digonopora

COTUGNIA DIGONOPORA

Cotugnia digonopora (Double - pored poultry tapeworm)

Host
Fowls
Location
Duodenum
Monomorium floricola (Ant)
Intermediate stage
Cysticercoid
Scolex
  • Two rows of minute hooks on rostellum.
  • Suckers unarmed.
Mature segments
  • Each segment bears two sets of genital organs.
  • Two ovaries and many testes in each segment.

Last modified: Tuesday, 19 June 2012, 9:58 AM