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

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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