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Cestoda

A Dictionary of Zoology | 1999 | Copyright

Cestoda (tapeworms; phylum Platyhelminthes) A class of parasitic worms all of which lack a gut. The genitalia are normally repeated. The majority of forms possess a scolex which may have suckers. Mature individuals lack cilia. All are endoparasitic (see PARASITISM), most mature individuals living within vertebrates.

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