Cestoda

Translingual

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Cestoda

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

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

Coordinate terms

(infraclass): Monogenea (ectoparasites of fish), Trematoda (flukes)^[1]

Related terms

Cestodaria

Derived terms

Eucestoda

References

Cestoda on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Cestoda on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Cestoda on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

1 2 3 4 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. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248. pmid:25923521

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