Spirometra

• Spirometra is morphologically similar to what parasite?

  Diphyllobothrium latum
• Spirometra eggs are

  Operculated
• What structure does D. latum have that Spirometra spp. doesn't?

  Bothria
• Definitive host of Spirometra

  Canids and felids
• Paratenic or intermediate host of Spirometra

  Human
• Infective stage of Spirometra

  Plerocercoid larva or spargana
• Which Spirometra species are medically important?

  Spirometra mansoni, Spirometra erinacei, Spirometra ranarum