Taenia solium (The pork tapeworm) · It is highly elongated, tape or ribbon-like, digenetic endoparasite . · Adult lives in the intestinal mucosa of the small intestine of man (primary or definitive or final host). · Larva lives in the tissues of the pig, sometimes dog and sheep (secondary or intermediate host). Both hosts are vertebrates. Both hosts are not vertebrates in the case of flukes, remember it. · Acoelomate · Body is dorso-ventrally flattened and is divisible into three distinct parts i.e. an anterior scolex , a short unsegmented neck, and a long segmented proglottid or strobila. It is usually opaque white in colour. · Scolex is the knob-like or roughly quadrangular structure at the anterior end of the body. The life cycle of Tapeworm A. Hexacanth B. Bladderworm C. Cysticercus D. Adult Tapeworm E. and F. Gravid proglottid ...