Concise hierarchy

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

Phylogeny

Questionably Paraphyletic/Ancestral (para)

Ref: J.S. Mackiewicz, 2003: 143.

Original entries

Capingentidae (Family) Hunter, 1927		Ref: R.A. Wardle & J.A. McLeod, 1952
Lytocestidae (Family) Hunter, 1927		Ref: R.A. Wardle & J.A. McLeod, 1952
Wenyonidae (Family) Wardle & McLeod, 1952, nom. imperf.		Ref: R.A. Wardle & J.A. McLeod, 1952

Subsequent entries

Caryophyllaeidae (Family) Leuckart, 1878

Ref: R.A. Wardle & J.A. McLeod, 1952

Current position

Cestoidea ([unranked])

Ref: A. Waeschenbach & D.T.J. Littlewood, 2017: 436 (fig. 1A). [indirect]

Alternative positions

Cestoda (Infraclass)	Ref: M.A. Ruggiero et al., 2015b: table 2 (p. 46).
Cestoidea (Class)	Ref: E.R. Lankester, 1877: 444.
Eucestoda (Subclass)	Ref: WoRMS Editorial Board, 2009-present: 27 Feb 2012.
Eucestoda ([unranked])	Ref: J.S. Mackiewicz, 2003: 143.

Historical positions

Cestoda (Class)	Ref: A. Waeschenbach & D.T.J. Littlewood, 2017: table 3 (p. 434), 436 (fig. 1A). [implicit]
Cestoda (Infraclass)	Ref: M.A. Ruggiero et al., 2015b: table 2 (p. 46).
Eucestoda ([unranked])	Ref: J.S. Mackiewicz, 2003: 143; 144.
Eucestoda ([unranked])	Ref: E.P. Hoberg et al., 1997: abstract.
Eucestoda (Subclass)	Ref: G.D. Schmidt, 1982: 808-809.
Cestoidea (Class)	Ref: E.R. Lankester, 1877: 444.

Number of Subtaxa

2025	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	4f;42g;121s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000: 13 Apr 2019	[4f;42g;121s]
2010-present	J.N. Caira & K. Jensen: 1 Mar 2012	4f;41g;~150s
2017	T. Scholz & M. Oros: table 1 (p. 64)	[4f;42g;121s]
2003	J.S. Mackiewicz: 143	4f;~41g;150s
1982	G.D. Schmidt	1f[37g>82s]
1952	R.A. Wardle & J.A. McLeod: 174	4f