Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Platyhelminthes - (Class) Neoophora

Current position

Eucestoda ([unranked])

Ref: E.P. Hoberg et al., 1997: abstract.

Alternative positions

Cestoda (Infraclass)	Ref: M.A. Ruggiero et al., 2015b: table 2 (p. 47).
Cestoda (Class)	Ref: I. Eibl-Eibesfeldt et al., 1975 (1971): 599.
Cestoidea (Class)	Ref: E.R. Lankester, 1877: 444.
Eucestoda (Subclass)	Ref: WoRMS Editorial Board, 2009-present: 27 Feb 2012.

Historical positions

Cestoda (Class)	Ref: A. Waeschenbach & D.T.J. Littlewood, 2017: table 3 (p. 434), 436 (fig. 1A); 376 (fig. 1). [implicit]
Cestoda (Infraclass)	Ref: M.A. Ruggiero et al., 2015b: table 2 (p. 47).
Eucestoda ([unranked])	Ref: E.P. Hoberg et al., 1997: abstract.
Eucestoda (Subclass)	Ref: G.D. Schmidt, 1982: 819.
Cestoda (Class)	Ref: I. Eibl-Eibesfeldt et al., 1975 (1971): 599.
Cestoidea (Class)	Ref: E.R. Lankester, 1877: 444.

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	15f;436g;50s;6ss
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000: 18 Apr 2019	[15f;436g]
2010-present	J.N. Caira & K. Jensen: 28 Feb 2012	14-18f;380-400g;>3000s
2017	J. Mariaux et al.: table 1 (p. 148)	[16[15]f;437[435]g]
1982	G.D. Schmidt: 819	14f
1982	G.D. Schmidt: 819	14f