Cestoda
Translingual edit
Etymology edit
From Latin cestus (“girdle, boxing glove”) + -oda.
Proper noun edit
Cestoda
- The cestode parasites, tapeworms
- A taxonomic class within the phylum Platyhelminthes.
- A taxonomic infraclass within the class Neoophora.[1]
Hypernyms edit
- (infraclass): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Protostomia - infrakingdom; Spiralia - superphylum; Platyhelminthes - phylum; Rhabditophora - subphylum; Neoophora - class; Neodermata - subclass[1]
Hyponyms edit
- (infraclass): Amphilinidea, Bothriocephalidea, Caryophyllidea, Cyclophyllidea, Diphyllidea, Diphyllobothriidea, Gyrocotylidea, Lecanicephalidea, Litobothriidea, Proteocephalidea, Rhinebothriidea, Spathebothriidea, Tetrabothriidea, Tetraphyllidea, Trypanorhyncha - orders in Ruggiero et al.;[1] Pseudophyllidea - other order
Coordinate terms edit
- (infraclass): Monogenea (ectoparasites of fish), Trematoda (flukes)[1]
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
References edit
Cestoda on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Cestoda on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Category:Cestoda on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Cestoda at the Tree of Life Web Project
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. PMID 25923521, doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248