Question

Name the phylum to which tapeworms belong to and write its characteristics.​

Answer 1

Answer:

Tapeworm, also called cestode, any member of the invertebrate class Cestoda (phylum Platyhelminthes), a group of parasitic flatworms containing about 5,000 species.

Answer 2

Rᴇǫᴜɪʀᴇᴅ Aɴsᴡᴇʀ :

• Tapeworm, also called cestode, any member of the invertebrate class Cestoda (phylum Platyhelminthes), a group of parasitic flatworms containing about 5,000 species.

• Tapeworms are bilaterally symmetrical (i.e., the right and left sides are similar).

Mᴏʀᴇ Iɴғᴏʀᴍᴀᴛɪᴏɴ:

• Tapeworm, also called cestode, any member of the invertebrate class Cestoda (phylum Platyhelminthes), a group of parasitic flatworms containing about 5,000 species.

• Tapeworms, which occur worldwide and range in size from about 1 mm (0.04 inch) to more than 15 m (50 feet), are internal parasites, affecting certain invertebrates and the liver or digestive tracts of all types of vertebrates—including humans, domestic animals, and other food animals, such as fish.

• Some attack a single host, others require one or two intermediate hosts as well as a final, or definitive, host during their life cycle.

• The disease caused by tapeworms is known as cestodiasis (q.v.).