Tapeworm is the common name given to the Class Cestoidea. This class can be placed in the phylum Platyhelminthes (the flatworms). Below the class level there are numerous orders, families and species. Here is a more in-depth look at tapeworm classification:
Supra-phylum: Platyzoa
Phylum: Platyhelminthes
Class: Cestoidea
Order: Caryophyllidea
Families: Caryophyllaeidae, Balanotaeniidae, Lytocestidae, Capingentidae
Order: Spathebothriidea
Families: Cyathocephalidae, Spathebothriidae, Bothrimonidae
Order: Pseudophyllidea
Families: Amphicotylidae, Bothriocephalidae, Cephalochlamydidae, Diphyllobothriidae, Echinophallidae, Haplobothriidae, Parabothriocephlidae, Ptychobothriidae, Triaenophoridae
Order: Nippotaeniidea
Family: Nippotaeniidae
Order: Lecanicephalidea
Families: Adelobothriidae, Disculicepitidae, Lecanicephalidae
Order: Tryanorhyancha
Families: Dasyrhynchidae, Eutetrarhynchidae, Gilquiniidae, Gymnorhynchidae, Hepatoxylidae, Hornelliellidae, Lacistorhynchidae, Mustelicolidae, Otobothriidae, Paranybeliniidae, Pterobothriidae, Sphriocephalidae, Tentaculariidae, Mixodigmatidae, Rhinoptericolidae
Order Aporidea
Family: Nematoparataeniidae
Order: Tetraphyllidea
Families: Onchobothriidae, Phyllobothriidae, Triloculariidae, Dioecotaeniidae
Order: Diphyllidea
Families: Ditrachybothridiidae, Echinobothriidae
Order: Litobothridea
Order: Litobothridea
Family: Litobothridae
Order: Proteocephalata
Families: Proteocephalidae, Monticellidae
Order: Cyclophyllidea
Families: Amabiliidae, Anoplocephalidae, Catenotaeniidae, Davaineidae, Dilepididae, Dioecocestidae, Diploposthidae, Hymenolepididae, Mesocestoididae, Nematotaeniidae, Progynotaeniidae, Taeniidae, Tetrabothriidae, Triplotaeniidae
You can find out lots more about tapeworms at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tapeworms
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