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Genus of roundworms
This article is about the worm. For the infection caused by this worm, see Ascariasis. Ascaris

Adult female
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Nematoda
Class: Chromadorea
Order: Ascaridida
Family: Ascarididae
Genus: Ascaris
Linnaeus, 1758
Species
Ascaris lumbricoides Linn., 1758
Ascaris suum ( Goeze, 1782)
Image showing life cycle inside and outside of the human body of one fairly well described helminth: