Camallanida

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Camallanida
Dracunculus medinensis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Nematoda
Class:	Secernentea
Subclass:	Spiruria
Order:	Camallanida
Families
Anguillicolidae Camallanidae Dracunculidae Micropleudidae Philometridae
Synonyms
Camallanina

The Camallanida are an order of nematodes. They are parasites of terrestrial and aquatic vertebrates. They also use copepods as obligatory secondary hosts.^{[citation needed]}

They are sometimes included in the Spirurida as a suborder Camallanina.^{[citation needed]}