- When
cestodes feed p****ively in the gut, they do not
provoke an
antibody reaction.
Parasite fossils are rare, but
recognizable clusters of
cestode eggs...
-
Pseudophyllid cestodes (former
order pseudophyllidea) are
tapeworms with
multiple "segments" (proglottids) and two
bothria or "sucking grooves" as adults...
- with a
vitellarium (yolk gland)
posterior to it. As in all
cyclophyllid cestodes, a
genital pore
occurs on the side of the proglottid. Eggs are released...
- neoplasia.
Common dog
parasites are lice, fleas, fly larvae, ticks, mites,
cestodes, nematodes, and coccidia.
Taenia is a
notable genus with 5
species in which...
-
Trypanorhynch cestodes are
parasitic in fish.
Their scolex shows four
tentacles which are
covered by spines.
These tentacles help the
adult cestode to attach...
- name "
cestode" is
derived from the
Latin word cestus,
which means "tape". The
adults of all 3,400
cestode species are
internal parasites.
Cestodes have...
-
Cyclophyllidea (the
cyclophyllid cestodes) is the
order of
Cestoda (tapeworm). It is the
largest and most
diverse order of
Cestoda (tapeworm), encomp****ing...
-
species though most
common in
temperate zones, and is one of the most
common cestodes (a type of
intestinal worm or helminth)
infecting humans,
especially children...
-
tegument of
cestodes. They are fine hair-like
filaments distributed throughout the
surface of the body, both
unique to and
ubiquitous among cestodes, giving...
- they are long (hence the name
broad tapeworm). As in all
pseudophyllid cestodes, the
genital pores open midventrally.
Diphyllobothrium has seen many changes...
