Cestodes

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Organism Intermediate hosts Distribution Notes
Pseudophyllideans
Diphyllobothrium latum Cyclops or Diaptomus microcrustacean followed by freshwater fish Scandinavia (related to smoked/pickled fish), Siberia, Russia, Japan, Chile, and Uganda largest human tapeworm, up to 10 m
Spirometra
Sparganum
Intestinal Cyclophyllideans
Dipylidium caninum
Hymenolepis diminuta
Hymenolepis nana none; only in humans
Taenia saginata cows worldwide, highest in Africa and Asia
Taenia solium pigs (and humans) worldwide, highest in Mexico, Central/South America, Southwest Asia, and Africa humans are intermediate (cysticercosis) and definitive (taeniasis) hosts
Tissue Cyclophyllideans
Echinococcus granulosus herbivores (sheep, goats, cattle, camels, and cervids)
Echinococcus multilocularis
Taenia solium pigs (and humans) worldwide, highest in Mexico, Central/South America, Southwest Asia, and Africa
Taenia multiceps
Taenia serialis