Parascaris
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| Parascaris | |
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| Male (top) and female (bottom) P. equorum | |
| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Nematoda |
| Class: | Chromadorea |
| Order: | Rhabditida |
| Family: | Ascarididae |
| Genus: | Parascaris Yorke & Maplestone, 1926 |
| Species | |
Parascaris is a genus of nematodes in the family Ascarididae. It contains two species, Parascaris equorum and Parascaris univalens, which are morphologically identical, but can be distinguished by chromosome number. Both species parasitize horses.[1]
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