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2 Platyhelminthes
2 Platyhelminthes
2 Platyhelminthes
Size marine
terrestrial
Form leaf-like
presence or
triploblastic absence of gut
mostly leaflike
(at least 1 sucker)
Clade Neodermata Features
syncytial tegument
(neodermis) no opisthaptor
parasites
blind sac
circular
pharynx increased
reproductive capacity
S. mansoni
nutrition and digestion intestine
sense organs poorly
developed S. japonicum (most severe)
extracellular proteolytic enzymes
no metacercarial stage
blind sac
Parasitize almost all kinds inhabit a wide variety
opisthaptor of vertebrate hosts of body parts
no digestive system
well-developed muscles
Cestoda Features
(ringworms)
pseudometamerism
scolex attachment
Structure proglottid
strobila
self-fertilize
Reproduction cross-fertilization
IH invertebrate
Taenia saginata
oncospheres
(beef tapeworm)
Intestinal
Taenia solium
(pork tapeworm)