Gyrocotylidea
| Gyrocotylidea | |
|---|---|
| Gyrocotyle rugosa | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Platyhelminthes |
| Class: | Cestoda |
| Subclass: | Cestodaria |
| Order: | Gyrocotylidea Poche, 1926 |
| Subgroups | |
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 mainly parasitisises fishes and turtles. They do not have a gut, thus being classified with cestodes.