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Toxocara

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Name

Greek: toxon = halfmoon-/crescent-shaped, kara = head, protrusion.

Classification

Genus of ascarid nematodes of carnivores.

Important Species

Table 1 (p. 1420), Figs. 1, 2, 3, and 4 (pp. 1422, 1423).

Toxocara, Table 1 Important species of the genus Toxocara

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(2016). Toxocara . In: Mehlhorn, H. (eds) Encyclopedia of Parasitology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-43978-4_3201

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