Explore: Cestodes

When cestodes feed passively in the gut, they do not provoke an antibody reaction. Parasite fossils are rare, but recognizable clusters of cestode eggs

Pseudophyllid cestodes (former order pseudophyllidea) are tapeworms with multiple "segments" (proglottids) and two bothria or "sucking grooves" as adults

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

Trypanorhynch cestodes are parasitic in fish. Their scolex shows four tentacles which are covered by spines. These tentacles help the adult cestode to attach

Elasmobranch cestodes are parasitic tapeworms (class Cestoda), which infect elasmobranchs (sharks, rays and skates). While elasmobranchs are the definitive

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

Cyclophyllidea (the cyclophyllid cestodes) is the order of Cestoda (tapeworm). It is the largest and most diverse order of Cestoda (tapeworm), encompassing

being eaten by a host. They include trematodes (all except schistosomes), cestodes, acanthocephalans, pentastomids, many roundworms, and many protozoa such