Family Trichostrongylidae (Trichostrongylid round worm)Trichostrongylidae Species Discovered in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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Taxa on this list are only those contained
in the ATBI database,
and do not neccessarily include
all Park taxa from historic park reports, literature,
or other sources that have
not yet been entered
in the Biodiversity Database.
In Case You Didn't Know ...This is a family of round worms that are parasitic to mammalian herbivores. Infection begins when the worm larvae are ingested when the animal eats contaminated vegetation.
