Cestoda

Translingual

Etymology

From Latin cestus (“girdle, boxing glove”) +‎ -oda.

Proper noun

Cestoda

1. The cestode parasites, tapeworms
   1. A taxonomic class within the phylum Platyhelminthes.
   2. A taxonomic infraclass within the class Neoophora.

Hypernyms

• (infraclass): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Protostomia - infrakingdom; Spiralia - superphylum; Platyhelminthes - phylum; Rhabditophora - subphylum; Neoophora - class; Neodermata - subclass

Hyponyms

• (infraclass): Amphilinidea, Bothriocephalidea, Caryophyllidea, Cyclophyllidea, Diphyllidea, Diphyllobothriidea, Gyrocotylidea, Lecanicephalidea, Litobothriidea, Proteocephalidea, Rhinebothriidea, Spathebothriidea, Tetrabothriidea, Tetraphyllidea, Trypanorhyncha - orders in Ruggiero et al.; Pseudophyllidea - other order

Coordinate terms

• (infraclass): Monogenea (ectoparasites of fish), Trematoda (flukes)

Derived terms

• Eucestoda

Related terms

• Cestodaria

References

• Cestoda on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Cestoda on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Cestoda on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Cestoda at the Tree of Life Web Project