Title: Ascaris lumbricoides - Wikipedia
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Ascaris lumbricoides
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One of several species of Ascaris
This article is about the organism. For the disease, see Ascariasis. Ascaris lumbricoides

An adult female Ascaris worm
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Nematoda
Class: Chromadorea
Order: Ascaridida
Family: Ascarididae
Genus: Ascaris
Species: A. lumbricoides
Binomial name
Ascaris lumbricoides
Linnaeus, 1758
Ascaris lumbricoides is the "large roundworm" of humans, growing to a length of up to 35 cm (14 in).