Tapeworms

Cestoda

Cestoda (tapeworms) is a class in the phylum Platyhelminthes, containing 84 described species.

Scientific classification

Orders

• Cyclophyllidea24
• Onchoproteocephalidea15
• Tetraphyllidea12
• Diphyllobothriidea10
• Caryophyllidea7
• Bothriocephalidea6
• Trypanorhyncha5
• Amphilinidea3
• Gyrocotylidea1
• Rhinebothriidea1