Classification
Domain:
Eukaryota--Multicellular,
heterotrophic, nucleus
Another example of a eukaryote
Kingdom:
Metazoa--Animals,
lack rigid cell walls
Phylum:
Nematoda--Psuedoceolom,
lack cilia
Class:
Secernentea--almost
exclusively terrestrial, no caudal glands
Order:
Spirurida--collapsed
stoma, use vertebrate as host, invertebrate as intermediate
Family:
Filariidae--living
in blood of vertebrate, transferred by insect bite
Genus:
Wuchereria--enclosed
in a characteristic sheath, males smaller than females
Species: Wuchereria bancrofti
