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SpeciesRhabditidaAscarididae
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🪱Ascaris lumbricoides

Ascaris lumbricoides Linnaeus, 1758

回虫（カイチュウ、蛔虫とも）は、多くの哺乳類の、主として小腸に寄生する動物で、線虫に属する寄生虫である（「分類」を参照）。狭義には、ヒトに寄生するヒトカイチュウ Ascaris lumbricoides を指す。ヒトに最もありふれた寄生虫であり、世界で約十億人が感染している。本項では主としてヒトカイチュウについて記載する。

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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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