Family GYROCOTYLIDAE Benham, 1901
Introduction
Gibson (1994) recognised a single family and single genus within the order. The most recent reviews are those of Williams et al. (1987), Bandoni & Brooks (1987) and Rohde (1994).
General References
Bandoni, S.M. & Brooks, D.R. 1987. Revision and phylogenetic analysis of the Gyrocotylidae Poche, 1926 (Platyhelminthes: Cercomeria: Cercomeromorphae). Canadian Journal of Zoology 65: 2369-2389
Gibson, D.I. 1994. Order Gyrocotylidea Poche, 1926. pp. 11-13 in Khalil, L.F., Jones, A. & Bray, R.A. (eds). Keys to the Cestode Parasites of Vertebrates. Wallingford, UK : Commonwealth Agriculture Bureaux International 751 pp.
Rohde, K. 1994. The minor groups of parasitic platyhelminths. Advances in Parasitology 33: 145-234
Williams, H.H., Colin, J.A. & Halvorsen, O. 1987. Biology of gyrocotylideans with emphasis on reproduction, population ecology and phylogeny. Parasitology 95: 173-207