Trichinellidae
Encyclopedia
The family
Trichinellidae includes the genera Trichinella
, Trichuris
and Capillaria
. Trichinella
, also known as the trichina worm, is responsible for the disease trichinosis
.
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Trichinellidae includes the genera Trichinella
Trichinella
Trichinella is the genus of parasitic roundworms of the phylum Nematoda that cause trichinosis . Members of this genus are often called trichinella or trichina worms...
, Trichuris
Trichuris
The roundworm family Trichuridae includes as type genus Trichuris, often referred to as whipworms...
and Capillaria
Capillaria (genus)
Capillaria is a genus of nematodes in the family Trichinellidae. Some species formerly placed in this genus are now classified in Aonchotheca.-Species:Species in the genus Capillaria include:* Capillaria aerophila*Capillaria gastrica...
. Trichinella
Trichinella
Trichinella is the genus of parasitic roundworms of the phylum Nematoda that cause trichinosis . Members of this genus are often called trichinella or trichina worms...
, also known as the trichina worm, is responsible for the disease trichinosis
Trichinosis
Trichinosis, also called trichinellosis, or trichiniasis, is a parasitic disease caused by eating raw or undercooked pork or wild game infected with the larvae of a species of roundworm Trichinella spiralis, commonly called the trichina worm. There are eight Trichinella species; five are...
.