Fish+Tapeworm

**Phylum:** Platyhelimenthes **Scientific Name**: Diphyllobothrium latum **Class**: Cestoda  **Location**: Europe, Asian, North America, Africa, Australia, and mostly South America  **Size**: They can get up to about 30 feet. **Habitat**: A host, which can be the insides of humans, bears, and felines. **Living Requirements**: **Life Cycle**: It can live up to about 20 years. //See life cycle picture below//. **Male/Female Differences**: **Interesting Facts**: These tapeworms are the largest tapeworms to infect humans. People who eat raw fish are at a really high risk of being infected by the tapeworm because their larvea is in the fish's flesh. **Human Impact**: These tapeworms can easily be ingested by a human by eating raw, undercooked freshwater fish (like Salmon, Perch, Turbot, Pike, and Pickerel). 



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