Directory of Cestoda Resources

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Class of parasitic flatworms, the tapeworms.

Resources in This Category

• Beef Tapeworm

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taenia_saginata
  Information from Wikipedia on this parasite, Taenia saginata, its classification and biology.

• Cestoda

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tapeworm
  Information from Wikipedia on this class of parasitic flatworms known as tapeworms, their classification and morphology.

• Dipylidium caninum

  http://bioweb.uwlax.edu/bio203/2010/zutavern_kris/
  Student project on this tapeworm including classification, habitat, adaptation, nutrition, reproduction and interactions with other species.

• Echinococcus granulosus

  http://bioweb.uwlax.edu/bio203/s2009/breunig_mich
  Research project on this parasitic tapeworm by Michael Breunig at the University of Wisconsin-LaCrosse.

• Moniezia expansa

  http://www.goatbiology.com/animations/moniezia.html
  Animation showing the life cycle of this double-pored ruminant tapeworm. Click arrow to activate.

• Pork Tapeworm

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taenia_solium
  Information from Wikipedia on this parasite, Taenia solium, that affects pigs and humans, its classification, biology, life cycle and distribution.

• Taenia saginata

  http://bioweb.uwlax.edu/bio203/s2009/temanson_caro
  Research project by Carolyn Temanson at the University of Wisconsin-LaCrosse.

• Taenia solium

  http://bioweb.uwlax.edu/bio203/s2008/geske_rich/
  Research project by Richard Geske on the pork tapeworm, including its classification, morphology, habitat, nutrition, life cycle and the conditions it can cause in humans.

 

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