Anoplocephala is a genus of tapeworms in the family Anoplocephalidae named in 1848 by Émile Blanchard.

The type species is Anoplocephala perfoliata, which was originally described as Taenia perfoliata.

[1] Anoplocephala is a cestode, belonging to the Cestoda class, meaning that it is a Flatworm parasite.

They can be found in fifty-six percent of the wild rhino population in Assam, India.

This Cestoda- (or tapeworm-) related article is a stub.