TRICHINELLA

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'Trichinella' is the genus of parasitic roundworms of the phylum Nematoda that cause trichinosis. Members of this genus are often called 'trichinella' or 'trichina worms'. A characteristic of nematoda are one-way digestive tract, and a pseudoceolom (body cavity made up of only an ectoderm and endoderm).
Varieties of trichinella included the species:
:Trichinella spiralis ''the trichinella worm''
:Trichinella pseudospiralis
:Trichinella britovi
:Trichinella nativa
:Trichinella nelsoni
:Trichinella papuae