Table 1.

Summary of sequenced worm genomes

Species	Clade	Genome size (Mb)	Scaffold N50 (Mb)	Scaffold N50 (#)	Scaffolds	Number of protein-coding genes	Author	Source	Type of parasitism
Nematodes
Ascaris suum	Ascaridida III	273	0·407	–	1618	18 542	Jex et al. (2011)	WormBase	V
Brugia malayi	Spirurida III	96	0·094	–	8180	11 515	Ghedin et al. (2007)	WormBase	I/V
Bursaphelenchus xylophilus	Tylenchida IV	75	1·16	–	1231	18 074	Kikuchi et al. (2011)	GeneDB	P
Caenorhabditis briggsae	Rhabditia V	108	0·475	–	899	19 507	Stein et al. (2003)	WormBase	NA
Caenorhabditis elegans	Rhabditia V	100	14·3	3	7	19 099	C. elegans Sequencing Consortium, (1998)	WormBase	NA
Dirofilaria immitis	Spirurida III	84	0·011	–	31 291	10·179	Godel et al. (2012)	WormBase	I/V
Globodera pallida	Tylenchida IV	125	0·122	–	6873	16 419	Cotton et al. (2014)	WormBase	P/F
Haemonchus contortus	Rhabditia V	320	0·056	–	–	23 610	Schwarz et al. (2013)	WormBase	V/F
Haemonchus contortus	Rhabditia V	370	0·083	–	26 044	21 799	Laing et al. (2013)	Sanger FTP	V/F
Heterorhabditis bacteriophora	Rhabditia V	77	0·312	–	1263	21 250	Bai et al. (2013)	WormBase	I/F
Loa loa	Spirurida III	91	0·172	–	5774	14 907	Desjardins et al. (2013)	WormBase	I/V
Meloidogyne hapla	Tylenchida IV	54	0·083	–	1532	14 420	Opperman et al. (2008)	WormBase	P/F
Meloidogyne incognita	Tylenchida IV	86	0·593	–	–	19 212	Abad et al. (2008)	www6.inra.fr/meloidogyne_incognita	P/F
Necator americanus	Rhabditia V	244	0·213	283	11 713	19 151	Tang et al. (2014)	GenBank	Bacterivore/V
Onchocerca volvulus	Spirurida III	NA	–	–	–	–	Unpublished	WormBase	I/V
Panagrellus redivivus	Rhabditia V	64	0·262	–	–	24 249	Srinivasan et al. (2013)	WormBase	NA
Pristionchus pacificus	Rhabditia V	169	0·169	–	2894	29 201	Dieterich et al. (2008)	WormBase	I/F
Romanomermis culicivorax	Dorylaimia II	323	0·0176		62 537	48 171	Schiffer et al. (2013)	nematodes.org/genomes/romanomermis_culicivorax/	I/F
Strongyloides ratti	Rhabditia V	–	–	–	–	–	Unpublished	WormBase	V/F
Trichinella spiralis	Dorylaimia II	64	1·7	9	8795	15 808	Mitreva et al. (2011)	WormBase	V/V
Trichuris muris	Dorylaimia II	85	1·58	15	1123	11 004	Foth et al. (2014)	GeneDB	V
Trichuris trichiura	Dorylaimia II	73	0·071	263	3711	9650	Foth et al. (2014)	Sanger FTP	V
Flatworms
Clonorchis sinensis	Trematoda	547	0·233	–	6190	13 634	Huang et al. (2013)	fluke.sysu.edu.cn	I/V
Clonorchis sinensis	Trematoda	516	0·043	–	26 466	16 258	Wang et al. (2011)	NA	I/V
Echinococcus granulosus	Cestoda	152	0·68	–	967	11 325	Zheng et al. (2013)	GenBank	V/V
Echinococcus granulosus	Cestoda	115	5·2	6	–	10 231	Tsai et al. (2013)	GeneDB	V/V
Echinococcus multilocularis	Cestoda	115	13·8	4	–	10 345	Tsai et al. (2013)	GeneDB	V/V
Hymenolepis microstoma	Cestoda	141	0·5	75	–	10 241	Tsai et al. (2013)	GeneDB	V/I
Schistosoma haematobium	Trematoda	385	0·307	365	–	13 073	Young et al. 2012	schistodb.net	I/V
Schistosoma japonicum	Trematoda	397	0·177	–	–	13 469	Zhou et al. (2009)	GeneDB	I/V
Schistosoma mansoni	Trematoda	363	0·832	–	–	11 809	Berriman et al. (2009)	NA	I/V
Schistosoma mansoni	Trematoda	364	2	–	885	10 852	Protasio et al. (2012)	GeneDB	I/V
Schmidtea mediterranea	Turbellaria	NA	–	–	–	–	Unpublished	NA	NA
Taenia solium	Cestoda	122	0·07	439	–	12 490	Tsai et al. (2013)	GeneDB	V/V

The statistics are extracted from the genome papers, and may not correspond with the data utilized, or statistics reported by other sources.

Systematic classification according to (Blaxter et al. 1998) reported.

Type of parasitism: I, invertebrate host; V, vertebrate host; P, plant parasitic; F, free-living.