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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 include:
- Trichinella spiralis the trichinella worm
- Trichinella pseudospiralis
- Trichinella britovi
- Trichinella nativa
- Trichinella nelsoni
- Trichinella papuae
