Species Profile
Trichuris trichiura
Whipworm
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumAschelminthes
ClassEnoplea
OrderUnknown
FamilyUnknown
Introduction
Trichuris trichiura lives in colon.
Endoparasitic in humans.
Common soil-transmitted helminth.
Size & Structure
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Whip-like body
02
Thin anterior region
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Thick posterior end
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Cream colour
Trichuris trichiura — 3D Model
No 3D model available
General Features
- Coelom
- Pseudocoelomate
- Body plan
- Tube within a tube body plan (Protostomous)
- Germ layer
- Triploblastic
- Metamerism
- Absent
- Body symmetry
- Bilateral
- Fertilization
- Internal
- Digestion type
- Complete
- Nervous system
- Nerve ring
- Excretory organ
- Renette cells
- Body temperature
- Poikilothermic, stenohaline
- Circulatory type
- Type-I (absent)
- Development type
- Direct
- Respiratory type
- Anaerobic
- Mode of excretion
- Ammonotelism
- Circulation system
- Absent
- Skeleton structure
- Cuticular exoskeleton
- Level of Organisation
- Organ system level
- Regulation of Osmosis
- Osmoregulator
Ecology
Human intestinal parasite
Soil-borne infection
Host nutrient loss
Economic Importance
Medical importance
Public health concern
Hygiene education relevance