The order is distinguished in that the scolex consists of two parts. The lower half forms a neck bearing four small suckers. The upper half is either globular or tentacle-bearing, and shows glandular structures.[2]
The anatomy of the order is similar to that of the Proteocephaloidea.
lecanicephaloidea, order, tapeworms, subclass, cestoda, species, order, consist, intestinal, parasites, elasmobranch, fishes, scientific, classificationkingdom, animaliaphylum, platyhelminthesclass, cestodasubclass, eucestodaorder, anatomy, editthe, order, dis. Lecanicephaloidea is an order of tapeworms of the subclass Cestoda Species in the order consist of intestinal parasites of elasmobranch fishes 1 LecanicephaloideaScientific classificationKingdom AnimaliaPhylum PlatyhelminthesClass CestodaSubclass EucestodaOrder LecanicephaloideaAnatomy EditThe order is distinguished in that the scolex consists of two parts The lower half forms a neck bearing four small suckers The upper half is either globular or tentacle bearing and shows glandular structures 2 The anatomy of the order is similar to that of the Proteocephaloidea References Edit Order Lecanicephaloidea Taxonomicon Encyclopedia of Science and Technology McGraw Hill This Cestoda or tapeworm related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Lecanicephaloidea amp oldid 1009997657, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
