Gnathostoma

Not to be confused with Gnathostomata, the jawed vertebrates.

Gnathostoma
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Nematoda
Class: Chromadorea
Order: Rhabditida
Family: Gnathostomatidae
Genus: Gnathostoma
Owen, 1837

Gnathostoma is a genus of parasitic nematodes with multi-host life-cycles. Successive hosts include copepods, fish and amphibians, and carnivorous and omnivorous mammals. Infection with nematodes of some Gnathostoma species causes gnathostomiasis in humans.

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