🪱Trichuris trichiura
Trichuris trichiura or whipworm, is a parasitic roundworm that causes trichuriasis when it infects a human large intestine. It is commonly known as the whipworm which refers to the shape of the worm; it looks like a whip with wider "handles" at the posterior end. The helminth is also known to cause rectal prolapse.
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- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumNematoda
- ›orderTrichinellida
- ›familyTrichuridae
- ›genusTrichuris
- ›speciesTrichuris trichiura
- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumRoundworms · Nematoda
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