Gyrocotylidea is an order of Cestoda (tapeworms).[1] Members of this order are parasites of vertebrates, living in the coelom (the body cavity).[2] Gyrocotylidea Are a subspecies of the tapeworm and mainly parasitising fishes and turtles. They don’t now have a gut, thus being classified with cestodes. [3]

Gyrocotylidea
Gyrocotyle rugosa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Platyhelminthes
Class: Cestoda
Subclass: Cestodaria
Order: Gyrocotylidea
Poche, 1926
Subgroups

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References

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  1. ^ Bray, Rod (2018). "Gyrocotylidea". WoRMS. 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.
  3. ^ Bandoni, Susan Marie (1985). Phylogenetic analyses of the Amphilinidea and Gyrocotylidea : (Cercomeria: Brooks, 1982) (Thesis). University of British Columbia.