Hymenolepis

Translingual

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

Hymenolepis f

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

(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

^ From the original description of the genus:
1858, David Friedrich Weinland, Human cestoides: an essay on the tapeworms of man‎^[1] (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.