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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...
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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...
- "Preliminary
phylogenetic analysis of
subfamilies of the
Proteocephalidea (
Eucestoda)".
Systematic Parasitology. 40 (1): 1–19. doi:10.1023/A:1005903506363...
- Hoberg, Eric (July 11, 1989). "Trigonocotyle ****itesticulae sp.nov. (
Eucestoda: Tetrabothriidae): a
parasite of
pygmy killer whales (Feresa attenuata)"...
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causes dracunculiasis.: 495 Hookworm:
causes helminthiasis Tapeworm (
Eucestoda):
causes cysticercosis, echinococcosis, hymenolepiasis, diphyllobothriasis...
- Amphilinidea.
Amphilinids are Cestodes, yet
differ from true
tapeworms (
Eucestoda) as
their bodies are
unsegmented and not
divided into proglottids. "Amphilinids...
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classification Kingdom:
Animalia Phylum:
Platyhelminthes class:
Cestoda Subclass:
Eucestoda Order:
Pseudophyllidea Family:
Diphyllobothriidae Genus: Diphyllobothrium...
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Eukaryota Kingdom:
Animalia Phylum:
Platyhelminthes class:
Cestoda Subclass:
Eucestoda Order:
Trypanorhyncha Suborders and
families Acystidea Hepatoxylidae Paranybeliniidae...
- fish-eating
birds and rodents. This
hermaphroditic parasite belongs to the
Eucestoda subclass, of
class Cestoda. This
species has been used to demonstrate...
