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The Ascaridomorpha are a group of often large roundworms parasitic in vertebrates. The small intestinal roundworm Ascaris lumbricoides inhabits the gut of humans, in which it is the most abundant parasitic worm worldwide.
Ascaridomorpha [Ascaridida]
| i. s.: PolydelphisJ02
| Pseudoterranova decipiensJ02 [=Phocanema decipiensL02b, Terranova decipiensL02c]
| Metaterakis govindiJ02
| Nematoxys ornatusH02
| Balyascaris procyonisMN02
|--SubuluroideaLB02
| |--SubuluridaeLB02
| `--MaupasinidaeLB02
|--CosmocercoideaLB02
| | i. s.: Paraorientatractis semiannulataGi02
| | Podocnematractis colombiaensisGi02
| | Buckleyatractis marinkelliGi02
| | Falcaustra tikasinghiGi02
| | Labiduris zschokkeiGi02
| | Crossocephalus viviparusGi02
| |--CosmocercidaeLB02
| |--AtractidaeLB02
| `--KathlaniidaeLB02
|--SeuratoideaLB02
| |--SeuratidaeLB02
| |--QuimperiidaeLB02
| |--ChitwoodchabaudiidaeLB02
| |--Echinonema [Echinoneminae, Schneidernematidae]IM67
| | |--E. cinctum Linstow 1898IM67
| | `--E. australis Inglis & Mawson 1967IM67
| `--CuculanusR26 [CucullanidaeLB02]
| |--C. coronatusR26
| |--C. elegansG20
| `--C. globosusR26
|--HeterakoideaLB02
| |--AspidoderidaeLB02
| |--AscaridiaJ02 [AscaridiidaeLB02]
| | |--A. columbaeRN72
| | |--A. dissimilisGi02
| | `--A. galliJ02
| `--HeterakidaeLB02
| |--Meteterakis sinharajensis Crusz & Ching 1976CD88
| `--HeterakisP89b
| |--H. feae Parona 1889P89b
| |--H. gallinarumL02b
| `--H. spumosaGe02
`--AscaridoideaLB02
| i. s.: ToxocaraJ02
| |--T. canisMN02
| `--T. catiL02a
| Amplicaecum africanumGi02
| PorrocaecumGi02
| Crossophorus collarisGi02
| Toxascaris leoninaGi02
|--RaphidascarididaeLB02
|--AnisakidaeLB02
| |--Terranova edcaballeroiB81
| `--AnisakisF05
| |--A. paggiae Mattiucci, Nascetti et al. 2005F05
| `--A. simplexM02
`--AscarididaeLB02
|--Parascaris equorum [incl. Ascaris megalocephala]L02b
`--Ascaris Linnaeus 1758L58
|--A. acusP89a
|--A. aduncaM02
|--A. biuncinataP89a
|--A. clavataR26
|--A. collarisR26
|--A. cynonycteridis Parona 1889P89b
|--A. gestri Parona 1889P89b
|--A. halicoris [incl. Entozoa dugonis Rüppel 1834, A. dugonis]P89a
|--A. lobulataP89a
|--A. lumbricoides Linnaeus 1758L58
|--A. marginataR26
|--A. microcephalaR26
|--A. mucronataP89a
|--A. mystaxR26
|--A. nasutaP89a
|--A. osculataP89a
|--A. rhytinaeP89a
|--A. spiculigeraP89a
|--A. subulataP89a
|--A. suumLB02
`--A. vermicularis Linnaeus 1758L58
*Type species of generic name indicated
References
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[CD88] Crusz, H., & D. M. A. K. Daundasekera. 1988. Parasites of the relict fauna of Ceylon. IX. Helminths from burrowing scincine lizards. Annales de Parasitologie Humaine et Comparee 63: 439–447.
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[Ge02] Gems, D. 2002. Ageing. In: Lee, D. L. (ed.) The Biology of Nematodes pp. 413–455. Taylor & Francis: Florence (Kentucky).
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[G20] Goldfuss, G. A. 1820. Handbuch der Naturgeschichte vol. 3. Handbuch der Zoologie pt 1. Johann Leonhard Schrag: Nürnberg.
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[IM67] Inglis, W. G., & P. M. Mawson. 1967. Miscellanea nematodologica. VI. Echinonema australis sp. nov. from Sminthopsis crassicaudata in South Australia. Journal of Natural History 1: 173–175.
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[L02c] Lee, D. L. 2002c. Behaviour. In: Lee, D. L. (ed.) The Biology of Nematodes pp. 369–387. Taylor & Francis: Florence (Kentucky).
[LB02] Ley, P. de, & M. Blaxter. 2002. Systematic position and phylogeny. In: Lee, D. L. (ed.) The Biology of Nematodes pp. 1–30. Taylor & Francis: Florence (Kentucky).
[L58] Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii: Holmiae.
[MN02] Maruyama, H., & Y. Nawa. 2002. Immunology of nematode infection. In: Lee, D. L. (ed.) The Biology of Nematodes pp. 457–481. Taylor & Francis: Florence (Kentucky).
[M02] Munroe, T. A. 2002. Herrings. Family Clupeidae. In: Collette, B. B., & G. Klein-MacPhee (eds) Bigelow and Schroeder’s Fishes of the Gulf of Maine 3rd ed. pp. 111–160. Smithsonian Institute Press: Washington.
[P89a] Parona, C. 1889a. Intorno all’Ascaris halicoris, Owen, ed a qualche altro Nematode raccolti in Assab dal Dott. V. Ragazzi. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova, Serie 2a, 7: 751–764.
[P89b] Parona, C. 1889b. Sopra alcuni elminti di Vertebrati birmani raccolti da Leonardo Fea. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova, Serie 2a, 7: 765–780.
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