Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Platyhelminthes > Subphylum Rhabditophora > Superclass Neodermata > Class Cestoda > Subclass Nephroposticophora > Subclass Eucestoda

Caryophyllidea van Beneden in Carus, 1863

Rank: Order
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Caryophyllaeidae Leuckart, 1878
Lytocestidae

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: 果頭目

Literature

basis of record	Bray, R.A. (2001). Cestoda, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 146-149
taxonomy source	Scholz, T.; Waeschenbach, A.; Oros, M.; Brabec, J.; Littlewood, D. T. J. (2021). Phylogenetic reconstruction of early diverging tapeworms (Cestoda: Caryophyllidea) reveals ancient radiations in vertebrate hosts and biogeographic regions. International Journal for Parasitology. 51(4): 263-277.
taxonomy source	Scholz, T.; Oros, M. (2017). Caryophyllidea. In: Caira, J. N.; Jensen, K. Planetary Biodiversity Inventory (2008–2017): Tapeworms from Vertebrate Bowels of the Earth. The University of Kansas Natural History Museum Special Publication No. 25. Lawrence, Kansas. pp. 47-64.