Spirurida is an order of spirurian nematodes. Like all nematodes, they have neither a circulatory nor a respiratory system. Some Spirurida, like the genus Gongylonema, can cause disease in humans. One such disease is a skin infection with Spirurida larvae, called `creeping disease`. ==Systematics== The Camallanida are sometimes included herein a.....
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(from the article `aschelminth`) ...StrongylidaParasitic; often with nonparasitic larvae; males with characteristic copulatory muscular flaps (bursa).Order SpiruridaParasites of ...
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An order of nematodes of the subclass secernentea. Characteristics include ventral or caudoventral papillae and an oesophagus divided into anterior muscular and posterior glandular parts. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...
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