Definition of Cestoda. Meaning of Cestoda. Synonyms of Cestoda

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Definition of Cestoda

Cestoda
Cestoidea Ces*toid"e*a (s[e^]s*toid"[-e]*[.a]), n. pl. [NL., gr. Gr. kesto`s girdle + -oid.] (Zo["o]l.) A class of parasitic worms (Platelminthes) of which the tapeworms are the most common examples. The body is flattened, and usually but not always long, and composed of numerous joints or segments, each of which may contain a complete set of male and female reproductive organs. They have neither mouth nor intestine. See Tapeworm. [Written also Cestoda.]

Meaning of Cestoda from wikipedia

- Cestoda is a class of parasitic worms in the flatworm phylum (Platyhelminthes). Most of the species—and the best-known—are those in the subclass Eucestoda;...
- non-parasitic animals such as planarians, and three entirely parasitic groups: Cestoda, Trematoda and Monogenea; however, since the turbellarians have since been...
- tapeworms, is the larger of the two subclasses of flatworms in the class Cestoda (the other subclass being Cestodaria). Larvae have six posterior hooks...
- Bylund, G; Wikgren, BJ (1986). "Diphyllobothrium nihonkaiense sp. nov (Cestoda: Diphyllobothriidae)---revised identification of ****anese broad tapeworm"...
- cyclophyllid cestodes) is the order of Cestoda (tapeworm). It is the largest and most diverse order of Cestoda (tapeworm), encomp****ing species that infect...
- Cestodaria is one of two subclasses of the class Cestoda. The Cestodaria subclass is made up of Amphilinidea and Gyrocotylidea. The larvae have ten hooks...
- annotated list of fish parasites (Isopoda, Copepoda, Monogenea, Digenea, Cestoda, Nematoda) collected from Snappers and Bream (Lutjanidae, Nemipteridae...
- segmentation can be confined only to ectodermally derived tissue, e.g., in the Cestoda tapeworms. Metamerism is far more important biologically since it results...
- "Histogenesis of the rostellar hooks of Taenia cr****iceps (Zeder, 1800) (Cestoda)". The Journal of Parasitology. 56 (5): 947–961. doi:10.2307/3277513. JSTOR 3277513...
- lack a mouth or alimentary canal. This is a feature they share with the cestoda (tapeworms), although the two groups are not closely related. Adult stages...