Ascarididae
Family of roundworms / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Ascarididae are a family of the large intestinal roundworms. Members of the family are intestinal parasites, infecting all classes of vertebrates.[1][2] It includes a number of genera,[3] the most well known of which are:
- Amplicaecum
- Angusticaecum
- Ascaris
- †Ascarites (fossil)[4]
- Baylisascaris
- Crossophorus
- Dujardinascaris
- Hexametra
- Lagochilascaris
- Ophidascaris
- Parascaris
- Polydelphis
- Seuratascaris [5]
- Toxascaris
- Toxocara
- Travassoascaris
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Ascarididae | |
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Toxocara cati | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Nematoda |
Class: | Chromadorea |
Order: | Ascaridida |
Family: | Ascarididae Baird, 1853 |
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Ascaris lumbricoides is the main ascarid parasite of humans, causing ascariasis.