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Schistosoma spp. blood flukesBlood flukes mating. These parasites are found in man and other mammals. Snails are the intermediate hosts
Taenia saginata, beef tapewormThe beef tapeworm parasite can reach lengths of up to 10 metres. It is found in humans and animals which have consumed meat infected with the larvae
Taenia solium, pork tapewormThe pork tapeworm parasite can reach lengths of up to 8 metres. It is found in humans and animals which have consumed meat infected with the larvae
Schistosoma spp. blood flukeThe blood fluke (Schistosoma spp.) is the cause of the disease bilharzia or schistosomiasis in humans
Gyrodactylus, aquatic parasiteScanning electron microscope (SEM) image of a monogenean, Gyrodactylus, a small leech-like parasite on the skin of a salmon (x 600)
Diphyllobothrium polyrugosum, tapewormDiscovered inside a 3.8 metre killer whale washed up on a beach in Cornwall in 1978
Paragonimus sp. parasitic wormHuman lung fluke, a parasitic worm. Common in South East Asia, in 1980 there were thought to be 3 million people infected
Halipegus hessleri, parasitic wormA parasitic worm specimen measuring 3.3mm
Amirthalingamia macracantha, tapeworm
Bulinus sp. Biomphalaria sp. African snailsA collection of shells of species involved in the life cycle of blood flukes of the genus Schistosoma which gives rise to the disease Schistosomiasis in humans