Cambridge Museum of Zoology. August 2018

Cambridge Museum of Zoology. August 2018
Ribbon Worm: Nemertea. There are over 900 ribbon worm species, most are marine, but some live in fresh water or on land. Most species are small at 20cm in length but one species can grow to over 54 METRES in length.
Seen here: Adult Tapeworm Taken from a Human Taenia saginata (synonym Taeniarhynchus saginatus), commonly known as the beef tapeworm, is a zoonotic tapeworm belonging to the order Cyclophyllidea and genus Taenia. It is an intestinal parasite in humans causing taeniasis (a type of helminthiasis) and cysticercosis in cattle. Cattle are the intermediate hosts, where larval development occurs, while humans are definitive hosts harbouring the adult worms. It is found globally and most prevalently where cattle are raised and beef is consumed. It is relatively common in Africa, Europe, Southeast Asia, South Asia, and Latin America. Humans are generally infected as a result of eating raw or undercooked beef which contains the infective larvae, called cysticerci. As hermaphrodites, each body segment called proglottid has complete sets of both male and female reproductive systems. Thus, reproduction is by self-fertilisation. From humans, embryonated eggs, called oncospheres, are released with faeces and are transmitted to cattle through contaminated fodder. Oncospheres develop inside muscle, liver, and lungs of cattle into infective cysticerci.
Museum of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge UK.After being closed for 5 years the newly renovated Museum of Zoology reopened this year to the public and academic researchers, making the museum one of the major Cambridge attractions with more than 75,000 visitors a year. Entry is free but the museum is closed on Mondays.The redevelopment work was part funded by a Heritage Lottery Fund grant of £1.8 million towards a total of the £4.3 million needed. The museum has some of the best collections in the world with specimens from across the entire animal kingdom

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Cambridge Museum of Zoology. August 2018<br />
Ribbon Worm: Nemertea. There are over 900 ribbon worm species, most are marine, but some live in fresh water or on land. Most species are small at 20cm in length but one species can grow to over 54 METRES in length.<br />
Seen here: Adult Tapeworm Taken from a Human Taenia saginata (synonym Taeniarhynchus saginatus), commonly known as the beef tapeworm, is a zoonotic tapeworm belonging to the order Cyclophyllidea and genus Taenia. It is an intestinal parasite in humans causing taeniasis (a type of helminthiasis) and cysticercosis in cattle. Cattle are the intermediate hosts, where larval development occurs, while humans are definitive hosts harbouring the adult worms. It is found globally and most prevalently where cattle are raised and beef is consumed. It is relatively common in Africa, Europe, Southeast Asia, South Asia, and Latin America. Humans are generally infected as a result of eating raw or undercooked beef which contains the infective larvae, called cysticerci. As hermaphrodites, each body segment called proglottid has complete sets of both male and female reproductive systems. Thus, reproduction is by self-fertilisation. From humans, embryonated eggs, called oncospheres, are released with faeces and are transmitted to cattle through contaminated fodder. Oncospheres develop inside muscle, liver, and lungs of cattle into infective cysticerci.<br />
Museum of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge UK.After being closed for 5 years the newly renovated Museum of Zoology reopened this year to the public and academic researchers, making the museum one of the major Cambridge attractions with more than 75,000 visitors a year. Entry is free but the museum is closed on Mondays.The redevelopment work was part funded by a Heritage Lottery Fund grant of £1.8 million towards a total of the £4.3 million needed. The museum has some of the best collections in the world with specimens from across the entire animal kingdom