Camallanida
Sign in to saveThe Camallanida are an order of nematodes. They are parasites of terrestrial and aquatic vertebrates. They also use copepods as obligatory secondary hosts.
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The Camallanida are an order of nematodes. They are parasites of terrestrial and aquatic vertebrates. They also use copepods as obligatory secondary hosts.
They are sometimes included in the Spirurida as a suborder Camallanina. ==Description==
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