Gyrocotylidea
Sign in to saveGyrocotylidea is an order of Cestoda (tapeworms). Members of this order are parasites of vertebrates, living in the coelom (the body cavity). Gyrocotylidea are a subspecies of the tapeworm that is mainly a parasite of fishes and turtles. They do not have a gut, thus being classified with Cestodes.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- monotypic taxon
- Parent taxon
- Cestodaria
- Image
- Gyrocotyle rugosa.png
Show 3 more facts
- taxon rank
- order
- taxon name
- Gyrocotylidea
- Commons category
- Gyrocotylidea
Sources (1)
via Wikidata · CC0
~1 min read
Encyclopedic overview
1 sectionsContents
- References
Gyrocotylidea is an order of Cestoda (tapeworms). Members of this order are parasites of vertebrates, living in the coelom (the body cavity). Gyrocotylidea are a subspecies of the tapeworm that is mainly a parasite of fishes and turtles. They do not have a gut, thus being classified with Cestodes.
==References==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Gyrocotylidea” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.