Diphyllobothrium Latum

Diphyllobothrium latum.

See tapeworm.

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Fish Tapeworm

A tapeworm that parasitises freshwater fish of temperate zones in the Northern hemisphere—D pacificum infestation occurs in marine fish off Peru
Definitive hosts Humans, domestic pets, other mammals
D latum is the largest known vertebrate tapeworm, measuring 10 meters in length with 4000 proglottids—most distal proglottids disintegrate, releasing eggs into the faeces; these mature and hatch into ciliated coracium, which are ingested by the first intermediate host, an aquatic arthropod, the copepod, and then ingested by a second intermediate host, a freshwater fish—e.g., salmon, trout, and whitefish; the eggs develop into procercoid larvae in the fish muscle and viscera and are eaten by man as raw fish and the cycle continues
Management Niclosamide

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Diphyllobothrium

a genus of long tapeworms in the family Diphyllobothriidae.

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Diphyllobothrium dalliae, Diphyllobothrium dendriticum, Diphyllobothrium pacificum, Diphyllobothrium strictum, Diphyllobothrium minus, Diphyllobothrium ursi

are all tapeworms of fish-eating mammals including humans.

Diphyllobothrium erinacei

spirometraerinacei.

Diphyllobothrium latum

the broad or fish tapeworm, a species found in the small intestines of humans, dogs, cats and other fish-eating mammals.