Ascarididae
| Ascarididae | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Toxocara cati | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Nematoda |
| Class: | Secernentea |
| Subclass: | Spiruria |
| 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
- Lagaochilascaris
- Ophidascaris
- Parascaris
- Polydelphis
- Seuratascaris
- Toxascaris
- Toxocara
- Travassoascaris
Ascaris lumbricoides is the main ascarid parasite of humans, causing Ascariasis.
References
- ↑ Okulewicz A, Lonc E (2001). "New/old opinions on the systematics and phylogenesis of the nematodes, with the special regard to Ascaridida, Ascaridoidea". Wiad Parazytol. 47 (3): 263–268. PMID 16894732.
- ↑ Nadler SA, Carreno RA, Mejia-Madrid H, Ullberg J, Pagan C, Houston R, Hugot JP (2007). "Molecular phylogeny of clade III nematodes reveals multiple origins of tissue parasitism". Parasitology 134: 1421–1442. doi:10.1017/S0031182007002880.
- ↑ 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.
External links
- ZipcodeZoo
- AnimalDiversity Web
- Wildlife Information
- Uniprot Taxonomy
- BioLib
- TAMU
- The Taxonomicon
- Taxonomy at NEHU
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