Gyrocotylidea

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
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Platyhelminthes
Class:	Cestoda
Subclass:	Cestodaria
Order:	Gyrocotylidea Poche, 1926
Subgroups
See text.

References

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.