Gyrocotylidea
Gyrocotylidea | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Platyhelminthes |
Class: | Cestoda |
Subclass: | Cestodaria |
Order: | Gyrocotylidea , 1926 |
Subgroups | |
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[]
- ^ Bray, Rod (2018). "Gyrocotylidea". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
- ^ Cheng, Thomas C. (2012). General Parasitology. Elsevier Science. pp. 469–472. ISBN 978-0-323-14010-2.
Categories:
- Cestoda
- Platyhelminthes orders
- Taxa named by Franz Poche
- Cestoda stubs