Gnathostoma spinigerum

Gnathostoma spinigerum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Nematoda
Class: Chromadorea
Order: Rhabditida
Family: Gnathostomatidae
Genus: Gnathostoma
Species:
G. spinigerum
Binomial name
Gnathostoma spinigerum
Owen, 1836

Gnathostoma spinigerum is a parasitic nematode that causes gnathostomiasis in humans. Gnathostomiasis in animals can be serious, and even fatal. The larval nematode is acquired by eating raw or undercooked fish and meat.

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