Stats

Lifespan: Up to 1 yr
Size: Large
Diet: Omnivore
Activity: Cathemeral
Social: Solitary
Biome: Domestic environment
Range: Worldwide
Movement: Slithering
Breeding: Egg-laying
Defense: Armor
Status: Rare

About

This flat worm lives inside the intestines of dogs, cats, and their flea hosts. It sheds cucumber-shaped segments that can crawl on their own to spread eggs.

Life cycle

1.
juvenile
A clearly-young animal, past the newborn phase but well short of full adult size.
2.
adult
Fully grown.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Platyhelminthes
Class: Cestoda
Order: Cyclophyllidea
Family: Dipylidiidae
Genus: Dipylidium