Hymenolepis

Hymenolepis

Translingual

Hymenolepis diminuta

Etymology

New Latin, from Ancient Greek ὑμήν (humḗn, “thin skin, membrane, caul”) +‎ λεπίς (lepís, “epithelial debris; eggshell”) [1]

Proper noun

Hymenolepis f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Hymenolepididae – tapeworms responsible for hymenolepiasis.
2. A taxonomic genus within the family Asteraceae – certain asterid plants.

Hypernyms

• (genus in Hymenolepididae): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Protostomia - infrakingdom; Spiralia - superphylum; Platyhelminthes - phylum; Rhabditophora - subphylum; Neoophora - class; Neodermata - subclass; Cestoda - infraclass; Cyclophyllidea - order; Hymenolepididae - family
• (genus in Asteraceae): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Plantae - kingdom; Viridiplantae - subkingdom; Streptophyta - infrakingdom; Embryophyta - superphylum; Tracheophyta - phylum; Spermatophytina - subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, asterids, euasterids II - clades; Asterales - order; Asteraceae - family; Asteroideae - subfamily; Anthemideae - tribe; Athanasiinae - subtribe

Hyponyms

• (genus in Hymenolepididae): Hymenolepis diminuta, Hymenolepis erinacei, Hymenolepis folkertsi, Hymenolepis hibernia, Hymenolepis microps, Hymenolepis microstoma, Hymenolepis sulcata, Hymenolepis weldensis - selected species
• (genus in Asteraceae): Hymenolepis gnidioides, Hymenolepis incisa, Hymenolepis parviflora - selected species

Derived terms

• Hymenolepididae

 

References

1. From the original description of the genus:
   1858, David Friedrich Weinland, Human cestoides: an essay on the tapeworms of man‎ (in English), page 55:

   The most characteristic feature in this worm is its eggs, […] With a higher power, we easily distinguish three distinct egg-shells (Fig. 9.1, a, b, c). The outside shell is translucent, elastic, cracking in sharp angles under pressure, and only 0.0007 millim. thick. […] The second shell is membranaceous and irregularly wrinkled, thinner than the first, and immediately attached to it.

Further reading

Tapeworm

• Hymenolepis (tapeworm) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Hymenolepis on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Hymenolepis (Hymenolepidae) on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Hymenolepis at National Center for Biotechnology Information

Asterid

• Hymenolepis (plant) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Hymenolepis (Asteraceae) on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Hymenolepis (Asteraceae) on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Hymenolepis at National Center for Biotechnology Information