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This is an ''incomplete list'' of [[organisms]] that are true '''[[parasitism|parasites]]''' upon other organisms.
This is an ''incomplete list'' of [[organisms]] that are true '''[[parasitism|parasites]]''' upon other organisms.
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* [[Rafflesia]]
* [[Rafflesia]]
* [[Cuscuta]]
* [[Cuscuta]]
* [[Mistletoe]]


===[[Parasitic worm]]s===
===[[Parasitic worm]]s===
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* [[Filariasis]]
* [[Filariasis]]
* [[Hookworm]]
* [[Hookworm]]
* [[Loa loa]]
* ''[[Loa loa]]''
* [[Onchocerciasis]] (river blindness)
* [[Onchocerciasis]] (river blindness)
* [[Schistosomiasis]]
* [[Schistosomiasis]]
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* ''[[Pyrenophora teres]]''
* ''[[Pyrenophora teres]]''
* ''[[Cordyceps]]''
* ''[[Cordyceps]]''

===Arthropods===
* ''[[Pentastomida]]''


==Ectoparasites==
==Ectoparasites==
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**''[[Varroa destructor]]''
**''[[Varroa destructor]]''
* ''[[Cymothoa exigua]]''
* ''[[Cymothoa exigua]]''
* [[Bed bugs]]
* [[Cimex|Bed bugs]]
* [[Culicidae]] (mosquitoes)
* [[Culicidae]] (mosquitoes)
* [[Calyptra]] (vampire moths)
* [[Calyptra (moth)]] (vampire moths)
* [[Hippoboscoidea]]
* [[Hippoboscoidea]]
** [[Tsetse fly]]
** [[Tsetse fly]]
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* [[Oestridae]] (bot flies)
* [[Oestridae]] (bot flies)
** [[Human botfly]]
** [[Human botfly]]
** ''[[Cuterebra fontinella]]'' (mouse botfly)
* [[Phlebotominae]] (sand flies)
* [[Phlebotominae]] (sand flies)
* [[Phthiraptera]] (Lice)
* [[Phthiraptera]] (Lice)
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** [[Head louse]]
** [[Head louse]]
* [[Siphonaptera]] (fleas)
* [[Siphonaptera]] (fleas)
* [[Tabanidae]] (horse flies)
* [[Horse-fly|Tabanidae]] (horse flies)
* [[Tantulocarida]]
* [[Tantulocarida]]
* [[Triatominae]]
* [[Triatominae]]
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* [[Glochidium]]
* [[Glochidium]]
* [[Pyramidellidae]]
* [[Pyramidellidae]]
* †[[Platyceratidae]]


=== Chordates ===
=== Chordates ===
* [[Cookiecutter shark]]
* [[Cookiecutter shark]]
* [[Candiru]] (vampire fish of Brazil, a facultative parasite)
* [[Candiru (fish)|Candiru]] (vampire fish of Brazil, a facultative parasite)
* [[Lamprey]]s
* [[Lamprey]]s
* Male [[Deep sea angler]]s
* Male [[Deep sea angler]]s
* [[False cleanerfish]]
* [[False cleanerfish]]
* [[Hood mockingbird]]
* [[Hood mockingbird]]
* [[Oxpecker]]s ([[cleaning symbiosis]])
* [[Oxpecker]]s - Although oxpeckers mainly eat other parasites that feed on large mammals, oxpeckers have been observed to open new wounds and enhance existing ones in order to drink the blood of their perches. Oxpeckers also feed on the earwax and dandruffs of mammals, although less is known about the benefits of this to the mammal, it is suspected that this is also a parasitic behaviour. Some oxpecker hosts are intolerant of their presence. Elephants and some antelope will actively dislodge the oxpeckers when they land.
* [[Snubnosed eel]]
* [[Snubnosed eel]]
* [[Vampire bat]]
* [[Vampire bat]]
* [[Vampire finch]]
* [[Vampire finch]]
* [[Cuckoo]] ([[brood parasite]])
* [[Cowbird]] (brood parasite)


===Plants===
===Plants===
* [[Mistletoe]]
* [[Mistletoe]]
*[[Monotropa uniflora]]
* Certain [[orchid]]s
* Certain [[orchid]]s
* [[Nuytsia]]
* [[Santalum album]]
* Certain plants with [[Albinism#In_plants|albinism]]


===Fungi===
===Fungi===
* [[Corn smut]]
* [[Corn smut]]
* Certain [[mushroom]]s
* Certain [[mushrooms]]
*''[[Asterotremella albida]]''


== References ==
== References ==
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[[Category:Biology-related lists|Parasitic organisms]]
[[Category:Biology-related lists|Parasitic organisms]]
[[Category:Nature-related lists|Parasitic organisms]]
[[Category:Nature-related lists|Parasitic organisms]]
[[Category:Parasites| ]]
[[Category:Parasites|*]]

Revision as of 08:36, 4 May 2024

For parasitoids, see Parasitoid.

This is an incomplete list of organisms that are true parasites upon other organisms.

Endoparasites

(endo = within; parasites that live inside their hosts)

Plants

Parasitic worms

These can be categorized into three groups; cestodes, nematodes and trematodes. Examples include:

Protozoans

Fungi

Arthropods

Ectoparasites

(ecto = outside; parasites that live on but not within their hosts, for example, attached to their skin)

Arthropoda

Annelids

Monogeneans

Monogeneans are flatworms, generally ectoparasites on fish.

Mollusks

Chordates

Plants

Fungi

References

See also

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