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This is an incomplete list of organisms that are true parasites upon other organisms.
Endoparasites
(endo = within; parasites that live inside their hosts)
= Plants
=Rafflesia
Cuscuta
Mistletoe
= 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
=Pentastomida
Ectoparasites
(ecto = outside; parasites that live on but not within their hosts, for example, attached to their skin)
= Arthropoda
=Acari
Varroa destructor
Cymothoa exigua
Amblyoponinae (Dracula ants)
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)
Body louse
Crab louse
Head louse
Siphonaptera (fleas)
Tabanidae (horse flies)
Tantulocarida
Triatominae
Pea crab
Sacculina
= Annelids
=Hirudinea (some leeches)
= Monogeneans
=Monogeneans are flatworms, generally ectoparasites on fish.
Calydiscoides euzeti
Lethacotyle vera
Protocotyle euzetmaillardi
Pseudorhabdosynochus spp.
= Mollusks
=Cancellaria cooperii
Glochidium
Pyramidellidae
†Platyceratidae
= 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)
Whydah (brood paraiste)
= Plants
=Mistletoe
Monotropa uniflora
Certain orchids
Nuytsia
Orobanche (broomrape)
Santalum album
Certain plants with albinism
= Fungi
=Corn smut
Certain mushrooms
Asterotremella albida
References
See also
List of fictional parasites