Common name: pork tapeworm
Class: Cestoda
Location: found world wide, more prevalent in areas where pork is eaten
Description of Habitat: humans and pigs
Facts: The human is the definetive host while the pig id the intermediate host. The tapeworm is a hermaphrodite. Humans get tapeworms by eating undercooked pork.
Human impact: parasitic species that use humans as a host
Class: Cestoda
Location: found world wide, more prevalent in areas where pork is eaten
Description of Habitat: humans and pigs
Facts: The human is the definetive host while the pig id the intermediate host. The tapeworm is a hermaphrodite. Humans get tapeworms by eating undercooked pork.
Human impact: parasitic species that use humans as a host
Sources:
http://www.encyclopedia.com/plants-and-animals/animals/zoology-invertebrates/platyhelminthes
http://www.earthlife.net/inverts/cestoda.html
http://eol.org/pages/3247842/overview
http://www.encyclopedia.com/plants-and-animals/animals/zoology-invertebrates/platyhelminthes
http://www.earthlife.net/inverts/cestoda.html
http://eol.org/pages/3247842/overview