Behavior
The dwarf tapeworm like all other tapeworms lacks a digestive system and feeds by absorption on nutrients in the intestinal lumen. They have non-specific carbohydrate requirements and it seems like they will absorb whatever is being passed through the intestine at that time. When it becomes an adult, it will attach to the intestinal walls with its suckers and toothed rostellum and have its segments reaching out into the intestinal space to absorb food.
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