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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.
Are ctenophora diploblastic or triploblastic?
It has always been a debate. Mesenchymal musculature in the middle tissue layer of ctenophores has invited speculation that they are triploblastic.
A tapeworm is an organism that lives inside the intestines of larger animals including man and absorbs nutrients from its host. This type of symbiotic relationship is called?
This type of symbiotic relationship is called parasitism. In parasitism, one organism (the parasite, such as the tapeworm) benefits at the expense of the other organism (the host), often causing harm. The tapeworm absorbs nutrients from the host's digested food, which can lead to nutrient deficiencies and health issues for the host.
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 the encysted larva of the beef tapeworm called?
Cysticercus
What is an animal that lives in other plants and animals?
an organism that lives of another without giving anything in return is called a parasite. For example, a tapeworm lives in animals and uses nutrients from the animals food, this does not benefit the animal. however, animals that use each other and get something out, or two organisms that need each other is called a sybiotic
What is the head of a tapeworm called?
A porter-youdler
What is a tapeworm body segmant called?
yes, often thousands.
Which worm has feeding structures called hooks and suckers?
tapeworm
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.
