Name
Ascaris lumbricoides
Framing
Phylum: Nematoda
Class: Chromadorea
Family: Ascarididae
Genus: Ascaris
Species: lumbricoides
Habitat
Endoparasite (vertebrate gut)
Feeding
Parasite (endoparasite). Fluidophage.
Distribution
Cosmopolitan
Additional information
Bibliography
- Mehlhorn H. (2016). Ascaris lumbricoides. In: Encyclopedia of Parasitology. Mehlhorn H. (eds). Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-43978-4_283
- Bogitsh, B. J., Carter, C. E. & Oeltmann, T. N. (2019) Chapter 15 - General characteristics of the Nematoda. In Bogitsh, B. J., Carter, C. E. & Oeltmann, T. N. (Eds). Human Parasitology (Fifth Edition): 257-276. Academic Press. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-813712-3.00015-1. Disponible en biblioteca UGR.1:1048576
- Bogitsh, B. J., Carter, C. E. & Oeltmann, T. N. (2019) Chapter 16 - Intestinal Nematodes. In Bogitsh, B. J., Carter, C. E. & Oeltmann, T. N. (Eds). Human Parasitology (Fifth Edition): 277-311. Academic Press. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-813712-3.00016-3. Disponible en biblioteca UGR.