worm genus

a genus of worms

• genus Sagitta — chief genus of Chaetognatha including the largest arrowworms
• genus Spadella — marine worms resembling the sagittas but with a broader body and only one pair of lateral fins
• Fasciola, genus Fasciola — a genus of Fasciolidae
• Fasciolopsis, genus Fasciolopsis — a genus of Fasciolidae
• Schistosoma, genus Schistosoma — type genus of the family Schistosomatidae: blood flukes
• genus Echinococcus — tapeworms
• genus Taenia — type genus of the family Taeniidae: tapeworms
• Ascaris, genus Ascaris — type genus of the family Ascaridae: roundworms with a three-lipped mouth
• Ascaridia, genus Ascaridia — roundworm having a preanal sucker
• Enterobius, genus Enterobius — pinworms
• Anguillula, genus Anguillula, Turbatrix, genus Turbatrix — a genus of Cephalobidae
• Tylenchus, genus Tylenchus — type genus of the family Tylenchidae
• Dracunculus, genus Dracunculus — type genus of the family Dracunculidae
• Branchiobdella, genus Branchiobdella — type genus of the Branchiobdellidae: a small worm that lives on the gills or surface of a crayfish attached by a sucker
• Terebella, genus Terebella — type genus of Terebellidae; tube-forming marine polychete worms with many filamentous tentacles
• Polycirrus, genus Polycirrus — genus of soft-bodied polychete marine worms
• Hirudo, genus Hirudo — type genus of the family Hirudinidae
• Haemopis, genus Haemopis — leeches

• genus — (biology) taxonomic group containing one or more species

• Animalia, kingdom Animalia, animal kingdom — taxonomic kingdom comprising all living or extinct animals