Title: Ascaris - Wikipedia
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Content: 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: Ascaris lumbricoides
Ascaris is a genus of parasitic nematode worms known as the "small intestinal roundworms", which is a type of parasitic worm. One species, Ascaris lumbricoides, affects humans and causes the disease ascariasis. Another species, Ascaris suum, typically infects pigs. Parascaris equorum, the equine roundworm, is also commonly called an "Ascarid". Their eggs are deposited in feces and soil.