Biology:Ascarididae
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Short description: Family of roundworms
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Scientific classification 
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| 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.[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
Ascaris lumbricoides is the main ascarid parasite of humans, causing ascariasis.
References
- ↑ "New/old opinions on the systematics and phylogenesis of the nematodes, with the special regard to Ascaridida, Ascaridoidea". Wiad Parazytol. 47 (3): 263–268. 2001. PMID 16894732.
- ↑ "Molecular phylogeny of clade III nematodes reveals multiple origins of tissue parasitism". Parasitology 134 (10): 1421–1442. 2007. doi:10.1017/S0031182007002880. PMID 17506928. http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1752&context=parasitologyfacpubs.
- ↑ Anderson RC (2000). Nematode Parasites of Vertebrates. Their Development and Transmission, 2nd ed. CAB International, Wallingford, Oxon, UK, pp. 245-315. ISBN:0-85199-421-0
- ↑ Poinar Jr, G. and Boucot, A. J. (2006) Evidence of intestinal parasites of dinosaurs. Parasitology, 133: 245-249.
- ↑ Sprent, J. F. A. (1985). "Ascaridoid Nematodes of Amphibians and Reptiles: Seuratascaris n. g.". Annales de Parasitologie Humaine et Comparée 60 (3): 231–246. doi:10.1051/parasite/1985603231. ISSN 0003-4150. http://www.parasite-journal.org/articles/parasite/abs/1985/03/parasite1985603p231/parasite1985603p231.html.
External links
- ZipcodeZoo
- AnimalDiversity Web
- Wildlife Information
- Uniprot Taxonomy
- BioLib
- TAMU
- The Taxonomicon
- Taxonomy at NEHU
Wikidata ☰ Q763856 entry
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