Saturday, December 8, 2007

Tapeworm Classification!



Tapeworm is the common name given to the Class Cestoidea. This class can be placed in the phylum Platyhelminthes (the flatworms). Below the class level there are numerous orders, families and species. Here is a more in-depth look at tapeworm classification:
Supra-phylum: Platyzoa

Phylum: Platyhelminthes

Class: Cestoidea

Order: Caryophyllidea
Families: Caryophyllaeidae, Balanotaeniidae, Lytocestidae, Capingentidae

Order: Spathebothriidea
Families: Cyathocephalidae, Spathebothriidae, Bothrimonidae

Order: Pseudophyllidea
Families: Amphicotylidae, Bothriocephalidae, Cephalochlamydidae, Diphyllobothriidae, Echinophallidae, Haplobothriidae, Parabothriocephlidae, Ptychobothriidae, Triaenophoridae
Order: Nippotaeniidea
Family: Nippotaeniidae

Order: Lecanicephalidea
Families: Adelobothriidae, Disculicepitidae, Lecanicephalidae

Order: Tryanorhyancha
Families: Dasyrhynchidae, Eutetrarhynchidae, Gilquiniidae, Gymnorhynchidae, Hepatoxylidae, Hornelliellidae, Lacistorhynchidae, Mustelicolidae, Otobothriidae, Paranybeliniidae, Pterobothriidae, Sphriocephalidae, Tentaculariidae, Mixodigmatidae, Rhinoptericolidae

Order Aporidea
Family: Nematoparataeniidae

Order: Tetraphyllidea
Families: Onchobothriidae, Phyllobothriidae, Triloculariidae, Dioecotaeniidae

Order: Diphyllidea
Families: Ditrachybothridiidae, Echinobothriidae

Order: Litobothridea
Family: Litobothridae

Order: Proteocephalata
Families: Proteocephalidae, Monticellidae

Order: Cyclophyllidea
Families: Amabiliidae, Anoplocephalidae, Catenotaeniidae, Davaineidae, Dilepididae, Dioecocestidae, Diploposthidae, Hymenolepididae, Mesocestoididae, Nematotaeniidae, Progynotaeniidae, Taeniidae, Tetrabothriidae, Triplotaeniidae


You can find out lots more about tapeworms at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tapeworms

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