Dipylidiidae

Dipylidiidae
Cucumber seed tapeworm
Systematics
without rank: Primordial mouths (protostomia) Trunk : Flatworms (Plathelminthes) Class : Tapeworms (Cestoda) Subclass : True tapeworms (Eucestoda) Order : Cyclophyllidea Family : Dipylidiidae
Scientific name
Dipylidiidae
Stiles , 1896

The Dipylidiidae (from Greek di "two" and pyle "gate", "opening") are a family of real tapeworms with a parasitic way of life. They mainly affect dogs and cats, most of their representatives can also occur in humans and are therefore zoonotic pathogens. Insects serve as intermediate hosts.

features

All representatives have a Scolex with four distinct suction cups. Each tapeworm segment has a sexual primordium with uterus , testicles and genital pore. The latter is double and arranged on the side, which gave the family its name. The ripe tapeworm limbs are longer than they are wide and resemble cucumber seeds, which has led to the common name cucumber core tapeworm for the species Dipylidium caninum .

Systematics

Genera and important representatives are:

• Dipylidium Leuckart, 1863
  • Cucumber seed tapeworm ( Dipylidium caninum )
  • Dipylidium oerleyi
  • Dipylidium porimamillanum
  • Dipylidium sexcoronatum
• Joyeuxiella Fuhrmann, 1935
  • Joyeuxiella echinorhynchoides
  • Joyeuxiella pasqualei
  • Joyeuxiella rossicum
• Diplopylidium Beddard, 1913
  • Diplopylidium acanthotretum
  • Diplopylidium monoophorum
  • Diplopylidium noelleri
  • Diplopylidium quinquecoronatum

literature

• Johannes Eckert et al .: Textbook of Parasitology for Veterinary Medicine . Enke, 2nd revised. Ed., 2008, ISBN 9783830410720