- Taenia saginata better known as the beef tapeworm, is a species of phylum Plathelminthes.
- A parasitic organism, it is found throughout the world wherever cattle is raised and beef is consumed
- Taenia Saginata are hertmaphroditic, meaning they have male and female sex organs
- The tapeworm reproduces asexually, by fertilizing its own eggs
- After the eggs are fertilized, the a substance is secreted around the zygotes, which develops said zygote into an embryo.
- Development continues until the tapeworm is an adult, when it releases its own eggs and continues the cycle.