Ascarididae

{{Short description|Family of roundworms}} {{distinguish|Ascaridiidae|Ascaridida}} {{Automatic taxobox | name = Ascarididae | image = Toxocara cati 2 beentree.jpg | image_caption = ''Toxocara cati'' | taxon = Ascarididae | authority = Baird, 1853 }}

The '''Ascarididae''' are a family of the large intestinal roundworms. Members of the family are intestinal parasites, infecting all classes of vertebrates.<ref>{{cite journal |vauthors=Okulewicz A, Lonc E |year=2001 |title=New/old opinions on the systematics and phylogenesis of the nematodes, with the special regard to Ascaridida, Ascaridoidea |journal=Wiad Parazytol. |volume=47 |issue=3 |pages=263–268 |pmid=16894732}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |vauthors=Nadler SA, Carreno RA, Mejia-Madrid H, Ullberg J, Pagan C, Houston R, Hugot JP |year=2007 |title=Molecular phylogeny of clade III nematodes reveals multiple origins of tissue parasitism |journal=Parasitology |volume=134 |issue=10 |pages=1421–1442 |doi=10.1017/S0031182007002880|pmid=17506928 |s2cid=2182134 |url=http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1752&context=parasitologyfacpubs |url-access=subscription }}</ref> It includes a number of genera,<ref>Anderson RC (2000). [https://books.google.com/books?id=pLfsx1YPn_4C&q=anderson+nematode ''Nematode Parasites of Vertebrates. Their Development and Transmission, 2nd ed.''] CAB International, Wallingford, Oxon, UK, pp. 245-315. {{ISBN|0-85199-421-0}}</ref> the most well known of which are: {{div col|colwidth=24em}} *''Amplicaecum'' *''Angusticaecum'' *''Ascaris'' *†''Ascarites'' (fossil)<ref name="Poinar2006">Poinar Jr, G. and Boucot, A. J. (2006) Evidence of intestinal parasites of dinosaurs. ''Parasitology'', '''133''': 245-249.</ref> *''Baylisascaris'' *''Crossophorus'' *''Dujardinascaris'' *''Hexametra'' *''Lagochilascaris'' *''Ophidascaris'' *''Parascaris'' *''Polydelphis'' *''Porrocaecum'' *''Seuratascaris'' <ref name="Sprent2016">{{cite journal|last1=Sprent|first1=J. F. A.|title=Ascaridoid Nematodes of Amphibians and Reptiles: ''Seuratascaris'' n. g.|journal=Annales de Parasitologie Humaine et Comparée|volume=60|issue=3|year=1985|pages=231–246|issn=0003-4150|doi=10.1051/parasite/1985603231|url=http://www.parasite-journal.org/articles/parasite/abs/1985/03/parasite1985603p231/parasite1985603p231.html|doi-access=free}} {{open access}}</ref><ref name="Gu2025">{{Cite journal |last1=Gu |first1=Xiao-Hong |last2=Mu |first2=Jia-Tong |last3=Chen |first3=Hui-Xia |last4=Li |first4=Liang |date=2025 |title=Integrated evidence reveals a new subspecies of the genus ''Seuratascaris'' (Nematoda: Ascaridomorpha), with characterization of the complete mitochondrial genome |url=https://www.parasite-journal.org/articles/parasite/full_html/2025/01/parasite240202/parasite240202.html |journal=Parasite |language=en |volume=32 |pages=14 |doi=10.1051/parasite/2025008 |pmid=39996964 |issn=1776-1042|pmc=11852783 }}</ref> *''Toxascaris'' *''Toxocara'' *''Travassoascaris'' {{div col end}}

''Ascaris lumbricoides'' is the main ascarid parasite of humans, causing ascariasis.

== References == {{Reflist}}

== External links == *[https://web.archive.org/web/20120730164958/http://zipcodezoo.com/Key/Animalia/Ascarididae_Family.asp ZipcodeZoo] *[http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/classification/Ascarididae.html AnimalDiversity Web] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20110723235126/http://wildlife1.wildlifeinformation.org/s/1animalia_animals/nematoda/secernentea/ascaridida/ascarididae/ascarididae.htm Wildlife Information] *[https://www.uniprot.org/taxonomy/6250 Uniprot Taxonomy] *[https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id19871/ BioLib] *[http://insects.tamu.edu/research/collection/hallan/Nematoda/Family/Ascarididae.txt TAMU] *[http://taxonomicon.taxonomy.nl/TaxonTree.aspx The Taxonomicon] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20171214130143/http://www.nehu.ac.in/BIC/HelMinth_Parasite_NE/Web%20listed/Taxonomic%20Nematoda%20final.htm Taxonomy at NEHU]

Category:Parasitic nematodes of vertebrates Category:Nematode families Category:Ascaridomorpha