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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; they are ribbon-like worms as adults, commonly known as tapeworms. Their bodies consist of many similar units known as proglottids—essentially packages of eggs which are regularly shed ...
While elasmobranchs are the definitive hosts, other organisms may be infected in earlier stages of the life cycle of these cestodes. In 2010, there was a discovery of two species that belong to this group of tapeworms to have infected bivalve mollusks in South Carolina. Lab samples were taken from this event in 200 clams which were measured and ...
Contains some 8 species of cestodes described from monitor lizards of the genus Varanus from India, Australia and the Philippines. As well as, Acanthotaenia overstreeti Brooks & Schmidt, 1978 from the rhinoceros iguana ( Cyclura cornuta ) ; Puerto Rico, and Acanthotaenia pythonis Wahid, 1968 described from a green tree python ( Morelia viridis ...
The principal species causing diphyllobothriasis is D. latum, known as the broad or fish tapeworm, or broad fish tapeworm. D. latum is a pseudophyllid cestode that infects fish and mammals . D. latum is native to Scandinavia, western Russia, and the Baltics, though it is now also present in North America , especially the Pacific Northwest.
Raillietina tetragona (synonym Taenia tetragona Molin) is a parasitic tapeworm belonging to the class Cestoda. It is a cosmopolitan helminth of the small intestine of pigeon, chicken and guinea fowl, and is found throughout the world. It is a very typical of cestode with striking resemblance to other species of Raillietina.
Raillietina echinobothrida is a parasitic tapeworm belonging to the class Cestoda. It is the most prevalent and pathogenic helminth parasite in birds, particularly in domestic fowl, Gallus domesticus Linnaeus, 1758. [1] [2] It requires two hosts, birds and ants, for completion of its life cycle.
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Cyclophyllidea (the cyclophyllid cestodes) is the order of Cestoda (tapeworm).It is the largest and most diverse order of Cestoda (tapeworm), encompassing species that infect all classes of terrestrial tetrapods including humans and domesticated animals, [1] and includes species with some of the most severe health impact on wildlife, livestock, and humans.