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Q: What is a tapeworm body segmant called?
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Can a tapeworm living in a wolf's body be called a predator?

A tapeworm living in a wolf's body can not be called a predator. It is a parasite. It only eats the food in the wolf's intestines, not the whole wolf.


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What is the head of a tapeworm called and how is it used?

The head of a tapeworm is called a scolex. The tapeworm attaches itself to the intestine of the host with hooks and suckers that are on the scolex.


What do you call a tapeworm in a dog?

A tapeworm in a dog is called the same thing, a tapeworm. The most common kind of tapeworm found in dogs is the Dipylidium Caninum, which is the cucumber tapeworm or double-pore tapeworm.


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The rectangular body sections of the tapeworm?

The rectangular body sections of a tapeworm are known as proglottids. Each proglottid contains both male and female reproductive structures.


Why is a tapeworm living within another organism a good example of parasitism?

The tapeworm feeds off the host organism and hurts this body. This means the tapeworm benefits, but the host organism is hurt from the rlationship.


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Where does a tapeworm have its reproductive organs in segments called what?

proglottids


What is a long parasitic flatworm called?

It could be a tapeworm.


What is an endoparasitic acoelomate with a body consisting of a scolex and a series of proglottids?

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