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 (fossil)
 * Baylisascaris
 * Crossophorus
 * Dujardinascaris
 * Hexametra
 * Lagochilascaris
 * Ophidascaris
 * Parascaris
 * Polydelphis
 * Seuratascaris
 * Toxascaris
 * Toxocara
 * Travassoascaris

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