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SpeciesRhabditidaAscarididae
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🪱Ascaris lumbricoides

Ascaris lumbricoides Linnaeus, 1758

蛔虫（学名：Ascaris lumbricoides）中文全名为似蚓蛔线虫，是一种常见的肠道寄生虫，也作“蚘虫”，属于线虫动物门，最長可達35cm。蛔蟲會導蛔蟲病，屬於被忽视热带病的一種。據估計，全球大約有六分之一的人口受到蛔蟲及其他圓蟲類感染寄生。蛔蟲病的分布範圍廣布全球，特別是熱帶與亞熱帶。

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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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