Schistosoma mansoni

Adult male & female

• Adult male 0.6-1.4 x 0.11 cm. in size.
• Grossly tuberculate integument.
• Note: Ventral gynecophoral canal.
• Intestinal ceca unite early,united intestinal long.
• 7(3-13) small testes situated dorsal and posterior to the ventral sucker.
• Adult female 1.2-1.6 x 0.016 cm. in size often lie in the gynecophoral canal.
• Smooth integument.
• Slender,pointed end.
• Ovary opposite in anterior half of body.
• short uterus fill with 1-4 ova.