Gyrocotylidea Explained

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]

Notes and References

  1. Bray, Rod . 2018 . Gyrocotylidea. 104910 . 19 May 2018.
  2. Book: Cheng, Thomas C. . General Parasitology . 2012 . Elsevier Science . 978-0-323-14010-2 . 469–472.
  3. Phylogenetic analyses of the Amphilinidea and Gyrocotylidea : (Cercomeria: Brooks, 1982) . University of British Columbia . 1985 . Susan Marie . Bandoni.

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