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''This is an incomplete list of [[organisms]] that are true [[parasites]] upon other organisms. For more information on this topic, see main article:'' '''[[Parasitism]]'''. ''For information on parasitoids, see main article:'' '''[[Parasitoid]]'''. |
''This is an incomplete list of [[organisms]] that are true [[parasites]] upon other organisms. For more information on this topic, see main article:'' '''[[Parasitism]]'''. ''For information on parasitoids, see main article:'' '''[[Parasitoid]]'''. |
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This is an incomplete list of organisms that are true parasites upon other organisms. For more information on this topic, see main article: Parasitism. For information on parasitoids, see main article: Parasitoid.
Endoparasites
(endo = within; parasites that live inside their hosts)
Plants
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
- Toxocara canis (dog roundworm)
- Trichinella
- Whipworm
- pop soli- a worm to receive blood from humans
Fungi
- Ringworm
- Gymnosporangium and other rusts
- Pyrenophora teres
- Cordyceps
Protists (Protozoa)
- Balantidium coli (the only ciliated protozoan to infect humans)
- Giardia lamblia (the most common intestinal protozoan in the United States)
- Trichomonas vaginalis
- Naegleria fowleri (facultative parasite causing amoebic meningitis)
- Entamoeba histolytica (causes Amebiasis, common in developing countries)
- Kinetoplastid protists of the Trypanosoma and Leishmania genera (sleeping sickness, Chagas disease and leishmania)
- Apicomplexan parasites including "Plasmodium" (malaria), "Toxoplasma" (toxoplasmosis), and "Cryptosporidia" (cryptosporidiosis)
Ectoparasites
(ecto = outside; parasites that live on but not within their hosts, for example, attached to their skin)
Plants
- Broomrape
- Cuscuta
- Mistletoe
- Strangler Fig
- Santalum, hemi-parasitic. (Sandalwoods and Quandongs)
- Toothwort
- The wood rose, Dactylanthus taylorii
Arthropoda
- Acarina (Ticks, some mites)
- Cymothoa exigua
- Hippoboscoidea
- Tsetse fly
- Lipoptena
- Sheep Keds and relatives)
- Oestridae (bot flies)
- Phthiraptera (Lice)
- Siphonaptera (Fleas)
- Tantulocarida
Annelids
Vertebrates
Parasitic organisms in fiction
Fictional endoparasites
- Black Oil
- Facehuggers, the parasite laying stage in the lifecycle of xenomorphs
- The Flood, from the video game trilogy Halo
- Goa'uld, from the TV series Stargate SG-1
- Las Plagas, from the video game Resident Evil 4.
- Lavos
- X Parasites, from the Metroid Fusion video game
- Killer parasitic worms from Slither.
- Yeerks
- Kraata
- "The Parasite" from the book Peeps (novel)
- Bone Leechs from Blood 2.
- Bulbmin from Pikmin 2.
- G.U.I.L.T. from Trauma Center: Under the Knife.
- The Wirrn, from the BBC series Doctor Who.
- A parasite was found on a dodo bird on the BBC series Primevil
Fictional ectoparasites
- Unidentified Parasitic Species from the Movie Cloverfield
- Brain slugs from Futurama.
- Larval Darkbreed from the movie Darkbreed
- Headcrabs from the Half-Life series or similar brainsuckers from X-COM: Apocalypse, though these species can be considered parasitoids rather than parasites.
- The Flood from Halo. They come in three different forms: Infection Form, Combat Form, and Carrier Form.
- Krana from the LEGO Bionicle series.
- Nopal from the Jack Vance story Nopalgarth, also called The Brains of Earth.
- Puppet Masters from Robert A. Heinlein's 1951 novel The Puppet Masters.
- Shovel-Creatures, which prey on free thought from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy movie.
- Venom from the Marvel Comics Universe.
- Metroids from the Metroid series video games
- Dementors from the Harry Potter series