Tapeworm
(CESTODES)
Egg
About 1 millimeter long.
Larvae
About 1 to 2 millimeters long.
Adult
Up to 50 ft. long
Where do they live?
In the digestive tract of almost any mammal.
How do they feed?
They hook to the intestinal wall, and absorb partially digested food through their skin.
How do they reproduce?
SEXUALLY
produce eggs and sperm, the female drops the eggs, the male fertalizes them, the eggs hatch, and release larvae.
ASEXUALLY
when their bodies are segmented, the have many fragments, and each segment lays fertalized eggs.
What are their hosts of choice?
Any domestic animal, people, fleas, cats dogs, flies, ect...
Special adaptions:
grow inside an intestinal wall. abosorbs nutrients through their skin.
Size:
EGG
about a millimeter
LARVAE
about a millimeter
ADULT
up to 50 ft in length
Other facts:
1. They have no mouth or digestive system.2. Connected like a stirng of pearls.3. Each segment is called a proglottid.4. They can live up to 20 years.
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