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Greek: toxon = crescent-shaped, ascaris = intestinal worm, leon = lion.
T. leonina occurs with a low host specificity in many canids and felids, reaches as females 10 cm or males 7 cm, and is characterized by very long and small cervical wings (Fig. 1). The development is direct without a wandering phase inside the host after oral uptake of larva-containing eggs.
SEM of the anterior end with cervical wing longer than those of T. canis
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Mehlhorn, H. (2016). Toxascaris leonina . In: Mehlhorn, H. (eds) Encyclopedia of Parasitology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-43978-4_3199
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