Diphyllidea
{{Short description|Order of flatworms}}
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Diphyllidea is a monotypic order of Cestoda (tapeworms).{{cite WoRMS |author=Bray, Rod |year=2018 |title=Diphyllidea |id=104914 |accessdate=19 May 2018|db=}} Members of this order are gut parasites of elasmobranch fishes including rays and sharks.{{cite web|title=Diphyllidea|url=https://sites.google.com/site/tapewormpbi/about-tapeworm-orders/diphyllidea|website=Planetary Biodiversity Inventory|accessdate=23 May 2018}}
Disphyllidea infect their host’s spiral intestine. Scolex is the type of tapeworm associated with Disphyllidea, which have a hook-like structure that helps attach to their host’s gut.
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Further reading
- {{cite journal | last1=Caira | first1=Janine N. | last2=Marques | first2=Fernando P.L. | last3=Jensen | first3=Kirsten | last4=Kuchta | first4=Roman | last5=Ivanov | first5=Veronica | title=Phylogenetic analysis and reconfiguration of genera in the cestode order Diphyllidea | journal=International Journal for Parasitology | volume=43 | issue=8 | date=2013 | doi=10.1016/j.ijpara.2013.03.001 | pages=621–639| pmid=23603519 | hdl=11336/11486 | hdl-access=free }}
- {{cite web | last=Tyler | first=Gaines Albert, II | title=TAPEWORMS OF ELASMOBRANCHS (Part II) A Monograph on the Diphyllidea (Platyhelminthes, Cestoda) | website=ResearchGate | date=2006 | url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/330336897}}
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Category:Platyhelminthes orders
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