"Tapeworm" redirects here. For the band, see Tapeworm (band). For the early name for a computer "worm", see Computer worm.
Eucestoda
Taenia saginata adult
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Platyhelminthes
Class:
Cestoda
Subclass:
Eucestoda
Eucestoda, commonly referred to as tapeworms, is the larger of the two subclasses of flatworms in the class Cestoda (the other subclass is Cestodaria). Larvae have six posterior hooks on the scolex (head), in contrast to the ten-hooked Cestodaria. All tapeworms are endoparasites of vertebrates, living in the digestive tract or related ducts. Examples are the pork tapeworm (Taenia solium) with a human definitive host, and pigs as the secondary host, and Moniezia expansa, the definitive hosts of which are ruminants.
Eucestoda, commonly referred to as tapeworms, is the larger of the two subclasses of flatworms in the class Cestoda (the other subclass is Cestodaria)...
(Platyhelminthes). Most of the species—and the best-known—are those in the subclass Eucestoda; they are ribbon-like worms as adults, known as tapeworms. Their bodies...
Common name Dimension Size Reference Flatworm animal Eucestoda Tapeworm length (maximum) 25 m Eucestoda Nematode animal Loa loa Loa loa length (female) 20–70 mm...
"Suppression of the tapeworm order Pseudophyllidea (Platyhelminthes: Eucestoda) and the proposal of two new orders, Bothriocephalidea and Diphyllobothriidea"...
fish-eating birds and rodents. This hermaphroditic parasite belongs to the Eucestoda subclass, of class Cestoda. This species has been used to demonstrate...
"Preliminary phylogenetic analysis of subfamilies of the Proteocephalidea (Eucestoda)". Systematic Parasitology. 40 (1): 1–19. doi:10.1023/A:1005903506363...
Amphilinidea. Amphilinids are Cestodes, yet differ from true tapeworms (Eucestoda) as their bodies are unsegmented and not divided into proglottids. "Amphilinids...
Cestoda Subclass Cestodaria Order Amphilinidea Order Gyrocotylidea Subclass Eucestoda Order Bothriocephalidea Order Caryophyllidea Order Cathetocephalidea Order...
Marisa; Gomes, Delir Corrêa (2004). "Taxonomic reports of Otobothrioidea (Eucestoda, Trypanorhyncha) from elasmobranch fishes of the southern coast off Brazil"...
Tentacularia coryphaenae and Hepatoxylon trichiuri homeacanth trypanorhynchs (Eucestoda) from carcharhinid sharks from the State of Santa Catarina off-shore,...
Makarikov, A. A. (2012). "First report of Potorolepis Spassky, 1994 (Eucestoda: Hymenolepididae) from China, with description of a new species in bats...
Polycladida Order Prorhynchida Subphylum Neodermata Class Cestoda Subclass Eucestoda Order Bothriocephalidea Order Caryophyllidea Order Cathetocephalidea Order...
considered to be tapeworms, yet differ from true tapeworms, subclass Eucestoda, because their bodies are unsegmented and are not divided into proglottids...
Leon (June 1996). "A new species of Acanthobothrium van Beneden, 1849 (Eucestoda: Tetraphyllidea: Onchobothriidae) in Dasyatis longus Garman (Chondrichthyes:...
Spirometra is a genus of pseudophyllid cestodes that reproduce in canines and felines, but can also cause pathology in humans if infected. As an adult...
tapeworms, and serve as an identifying character among the members of Eucestoda. They are also of special interest in pharmacology as they are the basic...
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