Trichinellidae

Family of roundworms From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The family Trichinellidae includes the genus Trichinella.[1]

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Trichinellidae
Trichinella spiralis larva
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Nematoda
Class: Enoplea
Order: Trichocephalida
Family: Trichinellidae
Genera[1]

Echinocoleus Lopez Neyra, 1947
Trichinella Railliet, 1895
Trichocephalus Roederer, 1761

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Trichinella species, which are also known as trichina worms, are responsible for the disease trichinosis.[2]

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