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Broad tapeworm with filarial ropes (painting & text by Campbell 1996)Long stretches of the Broad Tapeworm (“fish tapeworm” of humans) lead the eye toward the upper part of the picture where the suggestion of a stained-glass window is set amidst a mere suggestion of beams or arches. The window is painted in a stylized manner. Stretches of tapeworm body surround a tapeworm larva (coracidium) in which a band of cilia surrounds the central egg (onchosphere). Contributing to the composition are whole “eggs” and empty shells, as well as “ropes” representing a group of parasitic roundworms (filariae).

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Tapeworms: Variations on a theme, #2 (painting & text by Campbell 1998)

One of series of 4 variations on a tapeworm theme. Central to the theme are the broad sweeping curves of the tapeworms, and a similarity of color scheme. The anterior ends (scolices) are recognizable as those of the fish tapeworm (pointed and grooved) and the pork tapeworm (with hooklets).

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Phoreio Orange (painting & text by Campbell 2008)

An example of the exotic flourishes flaunted by the tapeworms of sharks and rays. The dominant feature is the anterior end (scolex) of the tapeworm Phoreiobothrium. The wavy tubes and distorted cones suggest, at much greater magnification, the miniscule absorptive organs (microtriches) on the tapeworm surface.

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Orange Scolex (painting & text by Campbell 2009)

This is more-or-less what the front end of a tapeworm would look like if you were very, very small and very close to it. The anterior end (scolex) of a tapeworm is an anchoring device rather than a head. The picture gives a rough impression of the scolex of the “pork tapeworm” of humans.