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