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HELMINTHOLOGY
HELMINTHOLOGY
HELMINTHOLOGY
DR VARSHA SATWIK
◦ HELMINTHS are elongated flat or round worm measuring few millimeters to meters
◦ Eukaryotic multicellular & bilaterally symmetrical
◦ Two PHYLA
◦ PHYLUM PLATYHELMINTHS (FLAT WORMS) 3 classes
◦ 1.Class : Cestoidea (Tape worms)
◦ 2.Class : Trematoda ( Flukes )
◦ 3. Class : Monogenea (ectoparasite of fishes do not infect man)
◦ PHYLUM NEMATHELMINTHS (NEMATODES )
PLATYHELMINTHS NEMATHELMINTHS
◦ Shape : Flattened leaf like or tape like segmented Elongated cylindrical unsegmented
◦ Body cavity : Absent Present
◦ Alimentary canal: Incomplete or absent Present
◦ Sexual differentiation : Hermaphrodite sexes separate
◦ Sexes not separate Diecious
◦ Monoecious
DIFFERENCES BETWEEN
CESTODES TREMATODES NEMATODES
CLASSIFICATION OF HELMINTHS BASED ON HABITAT
CESTODES