Tapeworm

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The cestodes or tapeworms (Toenia solium), are parasitic flatworms. The body is usually of great length up to 50 feet, and terminates in a head. From the head the body extends backwards in a ribbon-like body. Shown here is a tapeworm with the head showing in the upper lefthand corner.

Keywords

worm, flatworm, tapeworm, flatworms, cestodes, toenia solium

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Worms

Source

Winchell, Alexander Sketches of Creation (New York, NY: Harper & Brothers, 1870)

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