Identification of Echinococcus granulosus /CC-6 (B.SC.ZOOLOGY_MAJOR_CCF)

 Identifying features are:

1. Adult worms  are 3 mm to 6 mm long.
2. Presence of scolex, a short neck, and usually only three proglottids.
3. Nonretractable rostellum bears a double crown of 28 to 50 (usually 30 to 36) hooks.
4. Hermaphrodite.
5. The anterior most segment is immature; the middle one is usually mature; and the terminal one is gravid. 
6. The gravid uterus is an irregular longitudinal sac.
7. Mature cysts contain: Hydatid Fluid, Brood capsules,& Protoscolices.

                       Hence, the Specimen seems to be Echinococcus granulosus

Systematic Position (Ruppert & Barnes,1994)

 Kingdom: Animalia

   Phylum: Platyhelminthes

        Class: Cestoda

              Sub Class: Eucestoda

                      Genus: Echinococcus

Diagram:https://drive.google.com/file/d/17FPfpVBs0GABznI3ZWwfwGRBiIr_F1aJ/view?usp=sharing