Scanning electron micrograph of the anterior attachment structure of the tapeworm species Litobothrium nickoli, collected from the gut of a pelagic thresher shark from TaiwanKIRSTEN JENSEN / KANSAS UNIVERSITYSee J.N. Caira, K. Jensen, Planetary Biodiversity Inventory (2008-2017): Tapeworms from Vertebrate Bowels of the Earth, The University of Kansas Natural History Museum, 2017.
Image of the Day: Gut Sweet Home
Researchers describe more than 200 species of tapeworm from a decade-long collection of tapeworms from the digestive systems of animals around the world.
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