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[Taenia saginata] [T. solium]

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A, B: Taeniid eggs.  The eggs of Taenia saginata and T. solium are indistinguishable morphologically (morphologic species identification will have to rely on the proglottids or scolices).  The eggs are rounded, diameter 31 to 43 µm, with a thick radially striated brown shell.  Inside each shell is an embryonated oncosphere with 6 hooks.  The egg in Figure B still has the primary membrane that surrounds eggs in the proglottids.