TAPEWORMS
Oceanic tapeworms are parasitic flatworms that live in marine environments, often inside the intestines of fish, sharks, marine mammals, or other sea creatures. Like all tapeworms, they absorb nutrients from their hosts and have no digestive system of their own.
| Phylum: Platyhelminthes (flatworms) |
| Class: Cestoda |
| Order: Teuthida (true squids) |
| Arms & Tentacles: 8 arms + 2 longer tentacles for catching prey |
| Body structure: Long, flat, ribbon-like; segmented (proglottids) |