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SpeciesRhabditidaAscarididae
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🪱Ascaris lumbricoides

Ascaris lumbricoides Linnaeus, 1758

Ascaris lumbricoides is a large parasitic roundworm of the genus Ascaris. It is the most common parasitic worm in humans. An estimated 807 million–1.2 billion people are infected with Ascaris lumbricoides worldwide. People living in tropical and subtropical countries are at greater risk of infection. Infection by Ascaris lumbricoides is known as ascariasis.

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  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumNematoda
  3. ›classChromadorea
  4. ›orderRhabditida
  5. ›familyAscarididae
  6. ›genusAscaris
  7. ›speciesAscaris lumbricoides
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  1. phylumRoundworms · Nematoda
  2. infraorderAscaridomorpha
  3. superfamilyAscaridoidea
  4. genusAscaris
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  1. kingdomMetazoa
  2. phylumRoundworms · Nematoda
  3. classChromadorea
  4. suborderSpirurina
  5. infraorderAscaridomorpha
  6. superfamilyAscaridoidea
  7. genusAscaris
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회충 (ko), Glista ludzka (pl), Ascaris (fr), Ascaris lumbricoides (es), Ascaris lumbricoides (it), Spulwurm (de) … and 23 more languages
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