Biology:Parascaris
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Short description: Genus of roundworms
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| Male (top) and female (bottom) P. equorum | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Nematoda |
| Class: | Chromadorea |
| Order: | Ascaridida |
| Family: | Ascarididae |
| Genus: | Parascaris Yorke & Maplestone, 1926 |
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Parascaris is a genus of nematodes in the family Ascarididae. It contains two species, Parascaris equorum and Parascaris univalens, which are morphologically identical, but can be distinguished by chromosome number. Both species parasitize horses.[1]
References
Wikidata ☰ Q12043798 entry
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