Cestoda
Translingual
Etymology
From Latin cestus (“girdle, boxing glove”) + -oda.
Proper noun
Cestoda
- The cestode parasites, tapeworms
- A taxonomic class within the phylum Platyhelminthes.
- A taxonomic infraclass within the class Neoophora.[1]
Hypernyms
- (infraclass): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Spiralia – superphylum; Platyhelminthes – phylum; Rhabditophora – subphylum; Neoophora – class; Neodermata – subclass[1]
- (class): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Spiralia – superphylum; Platyhelminthes – phylum
Hyponyms
- (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
- (class): Cestodaria, Eucestoda – subclasses
Coordinate terms
- (infraclass): Monogenea (ectoparasites of fish), Trematoda (flukes)[1]
Derived terms
Related terms
References
- Cestoda on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Cestoda on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Category:Cestoda on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Cestoda at the Tree of Life Web Project