- 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...
- 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...
-
Pseudophyllid cestodes (former
order pseudophyllidea) are
tapeworms with
multiple "segments" (proglottids) and two
bothria or "sucking grooves" as adults...
-
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...
-
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...
-
being eaten by a host. They
include trematodes (all
except schistosomes),
cestodes, acanthocephalans, pentastomids, many roundworms, and many
protozoa such...
-
Elasmobranch cestodes are
parasitic tapeworms (class Cestoda),
which infect elasmobranchs (sharks, rays and skates).
While elasmobranchs are the definitive...
- to be
separate but
closely related organisms.
Cestodes have a dorso-ventrally
flattened shape.
Cestodes are
segmented worms, and
their bodies are divided...
