Description: English: Egg of Hymenolepis diminuta. These eggs are round or slightly oval, size 70 to 86 µm by 60 to 80 µm, with a striated outer membrane and a thin inner membrane. The space between the membranes is smooth or faintly granular. The oncosphere has six hooks (of which at least four are visible at this level of focus). Date:. Source: Image contributed by Georgia Department of Public Health. Author: Image contributed by Georgia Department of Public Health.
Description: English: The eggs vary from 60 to 80 micro m in size, present a yellow coloration, and have a spherical form. The egg’s nucleus has six hooks inside. After they are expelled in the feces, the eggs cannot live in an external environment for more than 10 days they have to be ingested in order to become larvae. Date: 3 November 2014, 21:37:45. Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/gtzecosan/15703617005/. Author: SuSanA Secretariat. Permission (Reusing this file): : : The Sustainable Sanitation Alliance (SuSanA) is a network formed by organisations active in the field of sustainable sanitation. The secretariat is currently located at Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ, German Agency for International Cooperation) in Eschborn, Germany.. Flickr sets: Mexico - Helminth egg photos from under the microscope. Flickr tags: helminths; intestinal worm; helminth egg; helminth ova.
Description: English: Hymenolepis diminuta scolex. Русский: Сколекс взрослого ленточного червя Hymenolepis diminuta. Date: 1962. Source: Public Health Image Library of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Image #370. Author: This file is lacking author information.
Description: English: Egg of Hymenolepis nana. These eggs are oval and smaller than those of H. diminuta, their size being 30 to 55 µm. On the inner membrane are two poles, from which 4 to 8 polar filaments spread out between the two membranes. The oncosphere has six hooks (seen as dark lines at 8 o'clock). Date:. Source: Image contributed by Georgia Department of Public Health. Author: Image contributed by Georgia Department of Public Health.
Description: Deutsch: Zwergbandwurm (Hymenolepis nana) English: Three adult Hymenolepis nana tapeworms. Each tapeworm (length: 15 to 40 mm) has a small, rounded scolex at the anterior end, and proglottids can be distinguished at the posterior, wider end. Русский: Три взрослых ленточных червя Hymenolepis nana. Длина от 15 до 40 мм. На переднем конце — округлый сколекс, на заднем хорошо различимы проглоттиды. Source: DPDx Image Library: http://www.dpd.cdc.gov/dpdx/html/imagelibrary/g%2Dl/hymenolepiasis/body_Hymenolepiasis_il6.htm. Author: Image contributed by the Georgia Division of Public Health. Permission(Reusing this file): http://www.dpd.cdc.gov/dpdx/HTML/Aboutdpdx.htm: Most of the material is free of copyright and users are welcome to store and copy material in the public domain as they wish (please, kindly cite the source!). Copyrighted material includes: life cycle images of Blastocystis and Pneumocystis, and electron micrograph images of Gnathostoma; if users are interested in publishing these items, they must obtain permission from the original copyright holder.