Dipylidium caninum,
 
 
 also called the
 
 double-pore tapeworm
 
 , or
 
 cucumber tapeworm
 
 (in reference to the shape of its cucumber-seed-like proglottids, though these also resemble grains of rice or sesame seeds), is a cyclophyllid cestode  causing disease known as dipylidiasis. The pictures show the anterior part ( containing suckers and rose thorn shaped hooks on the retractable rostellum ) , the middle part  and the posterior part as seen through foldscope.
 <img alt="Dipylidium caninum Ant. portion" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-60625 gcloudimg" data-attachment-id="60625" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta='{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}' data-image-title="Dipylidium caninum Ant. portion" data-recalc-dims="1" height="168" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/microcosmosdelta.appspot.com/images/transfer_60621/Dipylidium-caninum-Ant.-portion.jpg" width="300"/>
 <img alt="Dipylidium caninum segments" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-60626 gcloudimg" data-attachment-id="60626" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta='{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}' data-image-title="Dipylidium caninum segments" data-recalc-dims="1" height="168" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/microcosmosdelta.appspot.com/images/transfer_60621/Dipylidium-caninum-segments.jpg" width="300"/>
 <img alt="Dipylidium caninum posterior part" class="size-medium wp-image-60627 aligncenter gcloudimg" data-attachment-id="60627" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta='{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}' data-image-title="Dipylidium caninum posterior part" data-recalc-dims="1" height="168" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/microcosmosdelta.appspot.com/images/transfer_60621/Dipylidium-caninum-posterior-part.jpg" width="300"/>

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