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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...
- "Suppression of the
tapeworm order Pseudophyllidea (Platyhelminthes:
Eucestoda) and the
proposal of two new orders,
Bothriocephalidea and Diphyllobothriidea"...
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causes dracunculiasis.: 495 Hookworm:
causes helminthiasis Tapeworm (
Eucestoda):
causes cysticercosis, echinococcosis, hymenolepiasis, diphyllobothriasis...
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Caryophyllidea Scientific classification Domain:
Eukaryota Kingdom:
Animalia Phylum:
Platyhelminthes class:
Cestoda Subclass:
Eucestoda Order: Caryophyllidea...
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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...
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classification Kingdom:
Animalia Phylum:
Platyhelminthes class:
Cestoda Subclass:
Eucestoda Order:
Pseudophyllidea Family:
Diphyllobothriidae Genus: Diphyllobothrium...
- Hoberg, Eric (July 11, 1989). "Trigonocotyle ****itesticulae sp.nov. (
Eucestoda: Tetrabothriidae): a
parasite of
pygmy killer whales (Feresa attenuata)"...
- Domain:
Eukaryota Kingdom:
Animalia Phylum:
Platyhelminthes class:
Cestoda Subclass:
Eucestoda Order:
Cyclophyllidea Families See text
Synonyms Aporidea...
- Marisa; Gomes,
Delir Corrêa (2004). "Taxonomic
reports of
Otobothrioidea (
Eucestoda, Trypanorhyncha) from
elasmobranch fishes of the
southern coast off Brazil"...
