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🪱Dracunculus medinensis
Dracunculus medinensis (Linnaeus, 1758)
التُنَيْنة المَدِينيّة (الإنجليزية: Dracunculus medinensis) هو طفيلي من الديدان الأسطوانية وهو المسبب لداء التنينات.
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Also called
Guinea worm
Conservation status
Not evaluated
The IUCN Red List has not assessed Dracunculus medinensis yet.
Key measurements
- Body mass
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- Body length
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- Top speed
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- Maximum lifespan
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- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumNematoda
- ›classChromadorea
- ›orderRhabditida
- ›familyDracunculidae
- ›genusDracunculus
- ›speciesDracunculus medinensis
Full lineage
- phylumRoundworms · Nematoda
- suborderSpirurina
- familyDracunculidae
- genusDracunculus
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- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumRoundworms · Nematoda
- classChromadorea
- suborderSpirurina
- familyDracunculidae
- genusDracunculus
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In other languages
Medinawurm (de), Filaire de Médine (fr), Guineaworm (nl), 메디나충 (ko), Dracunculus medinensis (pt), תולעת גינאה (he) … and 20 more languages
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