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 == Introduction==
-Cestoda is the class of parasitic flatworms. Also called tapeworms. Cestoda is long, flat and in their body they don't have digestive tract and mouth. Also they don't have eyes too because they live in darkness. Cestoda uses hooks or suckers for attaches to the hosts. They have two big parts of body. The first one called Scolex which is the head of a tapeworm and they can suck or hook. The second one called proglottids, it is like skin for a tapeworm. Normally tapeworm grows 15 to 30 feet. Many of tapeworms goes into food to effect people's body.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cestoda]. The class of cestoda is known as two subclasses, the Cestodaria and the Eucestoda. [http://www.earthlife.net/inverts/cestoda.html]
+Cestoda is in the class of parasitic flatworms. Also called tapeworms. Cestoda is long, flat and they don't have a digestive tract or mouth. They also don't have eyes because they live in darkness. Cestoda use hooks or suckers to attache to hosts. They have two big parts of their body. The first one is called Scolex which is the head of a tapeworm and they use it to suck or hook. The second one is called proglottids, it is like the skin of a tapeworm. Normally tapeworm grows 15 to 30 feet. Many tapeworms infect food to enter people's body.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cestoda]. The class of cestoda has two subclasses, the Cestodaria and the Eucestoda. [http://www.earthlife.net/inverts/cestoda.html]
 ==Anatomy==