Bartiella studeri

General
• Distributed in Indonesia, Philippine,
West Africa, China, and India
• Final host: apes, occasionally humans
(accidental host)
• I’mediate host: mites
• Habitat is the small intestine o/t final
host
 Bartiella studeri
Morphology
• The adult is 20-30cm long, thicker than any
other cestodes
• The scolex is subglobus, has four suckers,
rudiment rostellum w/ no hooks
• The gravid segment is very thick, passively
pass out w/ feces in 10-20 segments
• Each segment consist of one genital pore
situated at the middle of one side, regularly
 Bartiella studeri
Morphology
• The egg has irregular shape, 45-50 m
in diameter
• Contains a small hexacanth embryo
• The larva is called cysticercoid, similar
to that of H. diminuta (no hooks)
Scolex B. studeri