Biology 546
Human parasitology laboratory tutorial

The proglottid on the left is one of a string passed by a student who returned from Madison, Wisconsin several months earlier. Each proglottid measured slightly under 1 cm in width. What species is represented?

Diphyllobothrium latum
Hymenolepis diminuta
Taenia saginatus
Vampirolepis nana

Original; photograph (apparently; at least its in my collection) by S.J. Upton


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