Parasitic worm (disambiguation)

Parasitic worm, known for flukes and intestinal worms, may refer to:

  • Acanthocephala, or the spiny-headed worms all of which are parasitic.
  • Helminth collectively describes the unrelated "worm-like" groups platyhelminthes and nematoda
  • Hirudinea, extoparasitic annelids commonly known as leeches
  • Nematoda, or roundworms the most well known of which are parasitic
    • Enterobius, commonly known as pinworms, cause the disease enterobiasis.
    • Hookworms, intestinal parasites of mammals.
  • Pentastomida, sometimes referred to as tongue worms which are obligate parasites
  • Platyhelminthes, or flatworms the phyla which contains the parasitic tapeworms and flukes.

Parasitic worm infection

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See also

  • Nematomorpha, the horsehair worms are parasitoids not truly parasites.
  • Parasitology, relation between host and parasite
  • Human parasites
  • Parasitic nutrition, parasite nutrition by feeding off the host
  • Ringworm, a fungal infection which causes a ring shaped discoloration in the skin
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