Gyrocotylidea

Gyrocotylidea
Gyrocotyle rugosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Platyhelminthes
Class:Cestoda
Subclass:Cestodaria
Order:Gyrocotylidea
Subgroups

See text.

Gyrocotylidea is an order of Cestoda (tapeworms).[1] Members of this order are parasites of vertebrates, living in the coelom (the body cavity).[2]

References

  1. Bray, Rod (2018). "Gyrocotylidea". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
  2. Cheng, Thomas C. (2012). General Parasitology. Elsevier Science. pp. 469–472. ISBN 978-0-323-14010-2.
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