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Acuaria spiralis (Nematode) adult male, 12.5x magnification
Genus species:
   Acuaria spiralis
Common name:
   Nematode
Suborder:
   -n/a-
Order:
   Spirurida
Class:
   Secernentea
Acuaria spiralis (Nematode) adult male, 12.5x magnification
Genus species:
   Acuaria spiralis
Common name:
   Nematode
Suborder:
   -n/a-
Order:
   Spirurida
Class:
   Secernentea
Acuaria spiralis (Nematode) adult male, 12.5x magnification
Genus species:
   Acuaria spiralis
Common name:
    Nematode
Suborder:
   -n/a-
Order:
   Spirurida
Class:
   Secernentea

Order (Animalia): Spirurida

Spirurida is an order of spirurian nematodes. Like all nematodes, they have neither a circulatory nor a respiratory system.

Some Spirurida, like the genus Gongylonema, can cause disease in humans. One such disease is a skin infection with Spirurida larvae, called "creeping disease". Some species are known as eyeworms and infect the orbital cavity of animal hosts.


Reference: Wikipedia

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