Ascarididae
The Ascarididae are a family of the large intestinal roundworms. Members of the family are intestinal parasites, infecting all classes of vertebrates. It includes a number of genera, the most well known of which are:
- Amplicaecum
- Angusticaecum
- Ascaris
- †Ascarites
- Baylisascaris
- Crossophorus
- Dujardinascaris
- Hexametra
- Lagaochilascaris
- Ophidascaris
- Parascaris
- Polydelphis
- Seuratascaris
- Toxascaris
- Toxocara
- Travassoascaris
Ascaris lumbricoides is the main ascarid parasite of humans, causing Ascariasis.
