| Ascarididae | |
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| Toxocara cati | |
Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Nematoda |
| Class: | Chromadorea |
| Order: | Ascaridida |
| Family: | Ascarididae Baird, 1853 |
TheAscarididae are a family of the large intestinalroundworms. Members of the family areintestinal parasites, infecting allclasses ofvertebrates.[1][2] It includes a number ofgenera,[3] the most well known of which are:
Ascaris lumbricoides is the main ascarid parasite of humans, causingascariasis.
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