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Eucestoda

Klaus Rohde

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    Abstract

    A subclass of tapeworms, including most species of the class Cestoda (platyhelminthes). The Eucestoda differ from the other two subclasses of tapeworms, Amphilinidea and GyrocotyJidea, in larvae possessing six (instead of ten) posterior hooks and adults bearing (with very few exceptions) a number of "segments" or proglottids. All species are endoparasites of vertebrates, living in the digestive tract or ducts linked to it.
    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationMcGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology
    EditorsMcGraw-Hill Editors
    Place of PublicationNew York, United States of America
    PublisherMcGraw-Hill
    Pages719-721
    Volume6. Ebe-Eye
    Edition11
    ISBN (Print)0071792732, 9780071792738
    Publication statusPublished - 2012

    Keywords

    • Invertebrate Biology

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