| 1. | Pseudophyllid cestodes ( bothria or " sucking grooves " as adults.
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| 2. | Tetraphyllidean cestodes also exhibit a remarkable degree of skates and stingrays.
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| 3. | Diesing first named the Sparganum genus of cestodes in 1854.
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| 4. | Cestodes can also be treated with certain kinds of antibiotics.
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| 5. | Cestodes also have sensory organs in the scolex that detect tactile stimulation.
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| 6. | Since cestodes are devoid of any gut of animals turned inside out.
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| 7. | Reproduction for this parasite is unique because of the hermaphroditic nature of this cestode.
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| 8. | As all other cestodes, they are hermaphrodite.
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| 9. | An endoparasitic cestodes " Vogea vestibularis " has been described from this species.
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| 10. | The external surface of tegument is associated with unique defining structures in cestodes and trematodes.
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