Ascarididae

Ascarididae
	Toxocara cati
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Nematoda
Class:	Chromadorea
Order:	Ascaridida
Family:	Ascarididae; Baird, 1853

Short description: Family of roundworms

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: 1421–1442. 2007. doi:10.1017/S0031182007002880. 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.

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[1] "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.

[2] "Molecular phylogeny of clade III nematodes reveals multiple origins of tissue parasitism". Parasitology 134: 1421–1442. 2007. doi:10.1017/S0031182007002880. http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1752&context=parasitologyfacpubs.

[3] 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

[Poinar2006-4] Poinar Jr, G. and Boucot, A. J. (2006) Evidence of intestinal parasites of dinosaurs. Parasitology, 133: 245-249.

[Sprent2016-5] 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.

Ascarididae

Toxocara cati
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Nematoda
Class:	Chromadorea
Order:	Ascaridida
Family:	Ascarididae Baird, 1853

Ascarididae

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