Aspidogastrea
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Aspidogastrea is a small subclass of parasitic flatworms characterized by their distinctive ventral adhesive disc and life cycles typically involving mollusks and sometimes vertebrate hosts.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Aspidogastrea canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T21660274 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Aspidogastrea Context triple: [Trematoda, includesSubclass, Aspidogastrea]
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A.
Cestoda
Cestoda is a class of parasitic flatworms commonly known as tapeworms, which live in the intestines of vertebrate hosts and absorb nutrients through their body surface.
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B.
Mesocestoides
Mesocestoides is a genus of tapeworms that parasitize the intestines of carnivorous mammals and sometimes humans, notable for their complex life cycle involving multiple intermediate hosts.
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C.
Acanthocephala
Acanthocephala is a phylum of parasitic worms, commonly known as thorny-headed worms, characterized by a spiny proboscis used to attach to the intestines of their hosts.
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D.
Eugnathostomata
Eugnathostomata is a major clade of jawed vertebrates that includes most living fishes and all tetrapods, characterized by more advanced jaw and skeletal features than other gnathostomes.
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E.
Diplostomida
Diplostomida is an order of parasitic flatworms (trematodes) that includes medically important blood flukes such as Schistosoma species.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Aspidogastrea Target entity description: Aspidogastrea is a small subclass of parasitic flatworms characterized by their distinctive ventral adhesive disc and life cycles typically involving mollusks and sometimes vertebrate hosts.
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A.
Cestoda
Cestoda is a class of parasitic flatworms commonly known as tapeworms, which live in the intestines of vertebrate hosts and absorb nutrients through their body surface.
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B.
Mesocestoides
Mesocestoides is a genus of tapeworms that parasitize the intestines of carnivorous mammals and sometimes humans, notable for their complex life cycle involving multiple intermediate hosts.
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C.
Acanthocephala
Acanthocephala is a phylum of parasitic worms, commonly known as thorny-headed worms, characterized by a spiny proboscis used to attach to the intestines of their hosts.
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D.
Eugnathostomata
Eugnathostomata is a major clade of jawed vertebrates that includes most living fishes and all tetrapods, characterized by more advanced jaw and skeletal features than other gnathostomes.
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E.
Diplostomida
Diplostomida is an order of parasitic flatworms (trematodes) that includes medically important blood flukes such as Schistosoma species.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.