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Tapeworms of the
order Cyclophyllidea (the
cyclophyllid cestodes) are the most
important cestode parasites of
humans and
domesticated animals. All have...
- proglottids,
though these also
resemble grains of rice or
sesame seeds) is a
cyclophyllid cestode that
infects organisms afflicted with
fleas and
canine chewing...
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Echinococcus 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...
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Echinococcus multilocularis, the fox tapeworm, is a
small cyclophyllid tapeworm found extensively in the
northern hemisphere. E. multilocularis, along...
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Taenia solium, the pork tapeworm,
belongs to the
cyclophyllid cestode family Taeniidae. It is
found throughout the
world and is most
common in countries...
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central ovary, 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...
- to
invade and to
survive in the host. It is
typically ****ociated with
cyclophyllid tapeworms that have an
invertebrate intermediate host, but can appear...
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parasitize the
intestinal region of grebes. The
amabiliids are a
family of
cyclophyllid cestodes that are
almost all
grebe specialists. The life
cycle of these...
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dominated by bothria, or "sucking grooves" that
function like
suction cups.
Cyclophyllid cestodes can be
identified by the
presence of four
suckers on
their scolices...
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Taenia saginata proglottid stained to show
uterine branches: The pore on the side
identifies it as a
cyclophyllid cestode....
