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.
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