- the
other subclass, Cestodaria, are
mainly fish
infecting parasites. All
cestodes are parasitic; many have
complex life histories,
including a
stage in a...
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Elasmobranch cestodes are
parasitic tapeworms (class Cestoda),
which infect elasmobranchs (sharks, rays and skates).
While elasmobranchs are the definitive...
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Trypanorhynch cestodes are
parasitic in fish.
Their scolex shows four
tentacles which are
covered by spines.
These tentacles help the
adult cestode to attach...
- 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...
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water or in shaded,
humid terrestrial environments, such as leaf litter.
Cestodes (tapeworms) and
trematodes (flukes) have
complex life-cycles, with mature...
-
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...
-
Tapeworms of the
order Cyclophyllidea (the
cyclophyllid cestodes) are the most
important cestode parasites of
humans and
domesticated animals. All have...
- granulosus, also
called the
hydatid worm or dog tapeworm, is a
cyclophyllid cestode that
dwells in the
small intestine of
canids as an adult, but
which has...
- 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...
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being eaten by a host. They
include trematodes (all
except schistosomes),
cestodes, acanthocephalans, pentastomids, many roundworms, and many
protozoa such...
