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Ascarididae

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:

  • Amplicaecum
  • Angusticaecum
  • Ascaris
  • Ascarites (fossil)
  • Baylisascaris
  • Crossophorus
  • Dujardinascaris
  • Hexametra
  • Lagaochilascaris
  • Ophidascaris
  • Parascaris
  • Polydelphis
  • Seuratascaris
  • Toxascaris
  • Toxocara
  • Travassoascaris

Ascaris lumbricoides is the main ascarid parasite of humans, causing Ascariasis.