- Trichinella
Taxobox
name = Whipworm
regnum =Animal ia
phylum =Nematoda
classis =Adenophorea
ordo =Trichurida
familia =Trichinellidae
genus = "Trichinella"
genus_authority = Railliet, 1895
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = "Trichinella spiralis " "Trichinella pseudospiralis " "Trichinella britovi " "Trichinella nativa " "Trichinella nelsoni " "Trichinella papuae ""Trichinella" is the genus of parasitic
roundworms of thephylum Nematoda that causetrichinosis . Members of this genus are often called "trichinella" or trichina worms. A characteristic of nematoda are one-way digestive tract, and a pseudoceolom (body cavity made up of only an ectoderm and endoderm).Varieties of "trichinella" include:
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Trichinella spiralis " the "trichinella" worm
*"Trichinella pseudospiralis "
*"Trichinella britovi "
*"Trichinella nativa "
*"Trichinella nelsoni "
*"Trichinella papuae "
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