Host taxa for Ascaris Linnaeus, 1758

Animal Hosts

ACTINOPTERYGII

CORYPHAENIDAE

• Coryphaena hippurus Linnaeus, 1758 — Mahi Mahi
      Ascaris spp. Beumer et al., 1983 [ASCARIDIDAE]

SCIAENIDAE

• Argyrosomus hololepidotus (Lacepède, 1801) — Southern Meagre, Madagascar Meagre
      Ascaris spp. Beumer et al., 1983 [ASCARIDIDAE]

EUTHERIA

HOMINIDAE

• Homo sapiens Linnaeus, 1758 — Human
      Ascaris lumbricoides Linnaeus, 1758 [ASCARIDIDAE]

SUIDAE

• Sus scrofa Linnaeus, 1758 — Pig
      Ascaris suum Goeze, 1782 [ASCARIDIDAE]

REPTILIA

BOIDAE

• Aspidites ramsayi (Macleay, 1882) — Woma
      Ascaris sp. Pichelin et al., 1999 [ASCARIDIDAE]
• Morelia spilota (Lacépède, 1804) — Carpet Python
      Ascaris sp. Pichelin et al., 1999 [ASCARIDIDAE]

CARPHODACTYLIDAE

• Nephrurus milii
      Ascaris sp. Pichelin et al., 1999 [ASCARIDIDAE]

ELAPIDAE

• Demansia psammophis (Schlegel, 1837) — Yellow-faced Whip Snake
      Ascaris sp. Pichelin et al., 1999 [ASCARIDIDAE]

SCINCIDAE

• Liopholis whitii (Lacépède, 1804) — White’s Skink
      Ascaris sp. Pichelin et al., 1999 [ASCARIDIDAE]

SARCOPTERYGII

CERATODONTIDAE

• Neoceratodus forsteri (Krefft, 1870) — Australian Lungfish
      Ascaris spp. Beumer et al., 1983 [ASCARIDIDAE]

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