Ascarididae | |
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Toxocara cati | |
Scientific classification | |
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:
Ascaris lumbricoides is the main ascarid parasite of humans, causing Ascariasis.