Gyrocotylidea
Order of flatworms
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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 that is mainly a parasite of fishes and turtles. They do not have a gut, thus being classified with Cestodes. [3]
| Gyrocotylidea | |
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| Gyrocotyle rugosa | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Platyhelminthes |
| Class: | Cestoda |
| Subclass: | Cestodaria |
| Order: | Gyrocotylidea Poche, 1926 |
| Subgroups | |
