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Cestoda

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
CLASS

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Platyhelminthes
class
Cestoda

Name

Homonyms
Cestoda
Common names
Tapeworms in English
Tapeworms in English
Ténias in French
heisimadot in Finnish
tapeworms in English
tapeworms in English
bendelmakkar in Nynorsk, Norwegian
bendelormer in Norwegian Bokmål
guorká in Northern Sami
tapeworms in English
Bandwürmer in German
Cestoden in German
Cestodes in English
Cestodes in English
bandmaskar in Swedish
bendelormar in Nynorsk, Norwegian
cestodes in English
lintwormen in Dutch
条虫綱 in Japanese

Bibliographic References

  1. Caira, Janine N., and Kirsten Jensen, eds., 2017: Planetary Biodiversity Inventory (2008-2017): Tapeworms from Vertebrate Bowels of the Earth. University of Kansas Natural History Museum, Special Publication, no. 25. 1-463.
  2. Chervy, L. (2024). Manual for the study of tapeworms (Cestoda) parasitic in ray-finned fish, amphibians and reptiles. <em>Folia Parasitologica.</em> 71. 10.14411/fp.2024.001
  3. Jones, A., Bray, R.A., Khalil, L.F. (1994). Key to the orders of the Cestoda. In: Khalil, L.F., Jones, A. & Bray, R.A. [Editors]. <em>Keys to the cestode parasites of vertebrates.</em> Wallingford: CAB International, 1-2.
  4. Scholz, T.; Kuchta, R. (2025). Tapeworms of freshwater fishes in North America: an integrative review of taxonomy, phylogeny, host specificity, and research priorities. <em>Frontiers in Veterinary Science.</em> 12. 10.3389/fvets.2025.1661118
  5. Waeschenbach, A.; Webster, B. L.; Bray, R. A.; Littlewood, D. (2007). Added resolution among ordinal level relationships of tapeworms (Platyhelminthes: Cestoda) with complete small and large subunit nuclear ribosomal RNA genes. <em>Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.</em> 45(1): 311-325. 10.1016/j.ympev.2007.03.019
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