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  2. Nematomorpha - Wikipedia

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    Nematomorpha (sometimes called Gordiacea, and commonly known as horsehair worms, hairsnakes, [1] [2] [3] or Gordian worms) are a phylum of parasitoid animals superficially similar to nematode worms in morphology, hence the name. Most species range in size from 50 to 100 millimetres (2.0 to 3.9 in), reaching 2 metres (79 in) in extreme cases ...

  3. Chordodes formosanus - Wikipedia

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    Chordodes formosanus is a horsehair worm that has the praying mantis as its definitive host. Horsehair worms are obligate parasites that pass through different hosts at various stages. These worms can grow up to 90 centimetres (35 in) long and can be extremely dangerous for their host, especially the praying mantis. [1] [2]

  4. Parascaris equorum - Wikipedia

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    Mature horses appear to develop a certain degree of resistance to this parasite, but it is a concern for younger horses up to about two years old. [4] P. equorum is one of the few parasites where a natural immunity develops in the host. [3] However, when an infection is found in an adult horse, both the worm and egg counts are substantially low ...

  5. Strongylus vulgaris - Wikipedia

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    Strongylus vulgaris (large strongyles), [1] commonly known as the blood worm, [2] is a common horse parasite in the phylum Nematoda. It looks like a long worm with a large biting mouth. They are usually reddish in color because of all the blood they take from the equine host. [1]

  6. Setaria (nematode) - Wikipedia

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    Setaria is a genus of parasitic roundworms that infect domesticated mammals such as pigs, camels, cattle and horses. [1] Some species also infect wild mammals such as deer and antelope. The genus consists of about 43 species. Members of the genus are uniquely parasites in the abdominal cavity of the body. They are mostly large-sized roundworms ...

  7. Halicephalobus gingivalis - Wikipedia

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    Halicephalobus gingivalis is a free-living saprophagous nematode species identified and named in 1954 by Stefanski. It is a facultative parasite of horses, invading the nasal cavity, and sometimes numerous other areas, where it produces granulomatous masses. On rare occasion, it can infect humans as well, in whom it is invariably fatal.

  8. Gordius (worm) - Wikipedia

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    Once ingested by the insect the worm larva penetrates the gut wall and develops in a cyst in the tissue outside. [4] It emerges as an adult worm in a few months. [3] Gordius worms have been recovered from human vomit, [7] feces, [8] and urine. When worms are expelled from the gastrointestinal tract, their mode of entry was likely ingestion of ...

  9. Spinochordodes tellinii - Wikipedia

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    Spinochordodes tellinii is a parasitic nematomorph hairworm whose larvae develop in grasshoppers and crickets.This parasite is able to influence its host's behavior: once the parasite is grown, it causes its grasshopper host to jump into water, where the grasshopper will likely drown.

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