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Parasite Case of the Week 9

Welcome back to the Parasite Case of the Week!  I post a new case every Monday, along with the answer to the previous week’s case.  Here is our new case for this week.  It is a bit more straight-forward than last week’s case:
The following object was identified in the diaper of an infant by his mother. It measures approximately 6 mm in length, and was white and motile. Shown here is the object mounted on a slide and stained with carmine

(2x objective; 20 times original magnification):

(10x objective; 100 times original magnification):

My colleagues and I think this is Dipylidium caninum. The proglottid has a double genital pore.

Case of Schistosomiasis