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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]] |
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* [[Cuscuta]] |
* [[Cuscuta]] |
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* [[Mistletoe]] |
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===[[Parasitic worm]]s=== |
===[[Parasitic worm]]s=== |
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* [[Filariasis]] |
* [[Filariasis]] |
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* [[Hookworm]] |
* [[Hookworm]] |
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* [[Loa loa]] |
* ''[[Loa loa]]'' |
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* [[Onchocerciasis]] (river blindness) |
* [[Onchocerciasis]] (river blindness) |
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* [[Schistosomiasis]] |
* [[Schistosomiasis]] |
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**''[[Varroa destructor]]'' |
**''[[Varroa destructor]]'' |
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* ''[[Cymothoa exigua]]'' |
* ''[[Cymothoa exigua]]'' |
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* [[Cimex|Bed bugs]] |
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* [[Culicidae]] (mosquitoes) |
* [[Culicidae]] (mosquitoes) |
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* [[Calyptra]] (vampire moths) |
* [[Calyptra (moth)]] (vampire moths) |
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* [[Hippoboscoidea]] |
* [[Hippoboscoidea]] |
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** [[Tsetse fly]] |
** [[Tsetse fly]] |
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** [[Head louse]] |
** [[Head louse]] |
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* [[Siphonaptera]] (fleas) |
* [[Siphonaptera]] (fleas) |
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* [[Tabanidae]] (horse flies) |
* [[Horse-fly|Tabanidae]] (horse flies) |
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* [[Tantulocarida]] |
* [[Tantulocarida]] |
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* [[Triatominae]] |
* [[Triatominae]] |
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=== Chordates === |
=== Chordates === |
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* [[Cookiecutter shark]] |
* [[Cookiecutter shark]] |
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* [[Candiru]] (vampire fish of Brazil, a facultative parasite) |
* [[Candiru (fish)|Candiru]] (vampire fish of Brazil, a facultative parasite) |
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* [[Lamprey]]s |
* [[Lamprey]]s |
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* Male [[Deep sea angler]]s |
* Male [[Deep sea angler]]s |
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* [[False cleanerfish]] |
* [[False cleanerfish]] |
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* [[Hood mockingbird]] |
* [[Hood mockingbird]] |
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* †[[Jeholopterus]] (History writer David Peters thinks that this Pterosaur could have posssibly drank blood in the same way a vampire bat does; though older theories thought is was an insect eater.) |
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* [[Oxpecker]]s ([[cleaning symbiosis]]) |
* [[Oxpecker]]s ([[cleaning symbiosis]]) |
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* [[Snubnosed eel]] |
* [[Snubnosed eel]] |
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===Plants=== |
===Plants=== |
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* [[Mistletoe]] |
* [[Mistletoe]] |
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*[[Monotropa uniflora]] |
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* Certain [[orchid]]s |
* Certain [[orchid]]s |
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* [[Nuytsia]] |
* [[Nuytsia]] |
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* [[Santalum album]] |
* [[Santalum album]] |
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* Certain plants with [[Albinism#In_plants|albinism]] |
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===Fungi=== |
===Fungi=== |
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Revision as of 08:36, 4 May 2024
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:
- Acanthocephala
- Ascariasis (roundworms)
- Cestoda (tapeworms) including: Taenia saginata (human beef tapeworm), Taenia solium (human pork tapeworm), Diphyllobothrium latum (fish tapeworm) and Echinococcosis (hydatid tapeworm)
- Clonorchis sinensis (the Chinese liver fluke)
- Dracunculus medinensis (Guinea worm)
- Enterobius vermicularis (pinworm)
- Filariasis
- Hookworm
- Loa loa
- Onchocerciasis (river blindness)
- Schistosomiasis
- Strongyloides stercoralis
- Tapeworm
- Toxocara canis (dog roundworm)
- Trichinella
- Whipworm
Protozoans
- Entamoeba histolytica and Entamoeba coli - can cause Amoebiasis
- Acanthamoeba
- Balamuthia mandrillaris
- Giardia
- Cyclospora cayetanensis
- Cryptosporidium
- Toxoplasma gondii
- Leishmania - L. tropica, L. donovani, and L. mexicana are known to cause Leishmaniasis.
- Plasmodium - causes the fatal disease, Malaria. P. falciparum, P. vivax, and P. malariae are pathogenic to humans.
- Babesia
Fungi
- Gymnosporangium and other rusts
- Pyrenophora teres
- Cordyceps
Arthropods
Ectoparasites
(ecto = outside; parasites that live on but not within their hosts, for example, attached to their skin)
Arthropoda
- Acari
- Cymothoa exigua
- Bed bugs
- Culicidae (mosquitoes)
- Calyptra (moth) (vampire moths)
- Hippoboscoidea
- Tsetse fly
- Lipoptena
- Melophagus ovinus, (sheep keds) and relatives
- Oestridae (bot flies)
- Human botfly
- Cuterebra fontinella (mouse botfly)
- Phlebotominae (sand flies)
- Phthiraptera (Lice)
- Siphonaptera (fleas)
- Tabanidae (horse flies)
- Tantulocarida
- Triatominae
- Pea crab
- Sacculina
Annelids
Monogeneans
Monogeneans are flatworms, generally ectoparasites on fish.
Mollusks
Chordates
- Cookiecutter shark
- Candiru (vampire fish of Brazil, a facultative parasite)
- Lampreys
- Male Deep sea anglers
- False cleanerfish
- Hood mockingbird
- Oxpeckers (cleaning symbiosis)
- Snubnosed eel
- Vampire bat
- Vampire finch
- Cuckoo (brood parasite)
- Cowbird (brood parasite)
Plants
- Mistletoe
- Monotropa uniflora
- Certain orchids
- Nuytsia
- Santalum album
- Certain plants with albinism
Fungi
- Corn smut
- Certain mushrooms
- Asterotremella albida