Cestoda

Introduction: Cestoda

Description of Cestoda

Cestoda: A subclass of tapeworms (class Cestoidea), containing the typical members of this group, including the segmented tapeworms that parasitize humans and domestic animals. SYN: Eucestoda. [G. kestos, girdle]
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Cestoda: subclass of segmented worms comprising the tapeworms; in the Platyhelminths phylum.
Source: CRISP

Cestoda: A subclass of segmented worms comprising the tapeworms.
Source: MeSH 2007

Terms associated with Cestoda:

Terms Similar to Cestoda:

• Raillietina
• Tapeworms

Source - MeSH 2007

Related Topics

• Anticestodal Agents

Source - MeSH 2007

More specific terms for Cestoda:

• Diphyllobothrium
• Echinococcus
• Hymenolepis
• Mesocestoides
• Spirometra
• Taenia

Source - MeSH 2007

Broader terms for Cestoda

• Platyhelminths

Source - MeSH 2007

• Platyhelminthes

Source - CRISP

The term Cestoda can be used for:

• beef tapeworm
• Echinococcus
• hydatid cyst
• pork tapeworm
• Taenia
• tapeworm

Source: CRISP

Hierarchical classifications of Cestoda

The following list attempts to classify Cestoda into categories where each line is subset of the next.

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy:

• Animals
  • Invertebrates
    • Helminths
      • Platyhelminths
        • Cestoda

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