He. 15 / He. 22 Avitellina
Kingdom - Animalia
Phylum - Platyhelminthes
Class - Cestoda
Order - Cyclophyllidea
Family -
Anoplocephalidae
Genus - Avitellina
Characters:
3 m in length. Segments are short and cylindrical and at the posterior end segmentation is not clear. Each proglottid contains single set of reproductive organ. The genital pore opens irregularly alternate. In the gravid segment eggs are passed into the par uterine organ (thick walled sac like organ). The par uterine organ resembles snail shell. Pyriform apparatus is absent.
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