This type of parasite lives on surface of the host.
ectoparasite
Lives within the host.
endoparasite
According to needs.
A type of parasite that is entirely dependent on its host for its existence.
obligatory parasite
According to needs.
One capable of choosing either a free-living or a parasitic existence.
facultative parasite
According to needs.
A parasite of another animal which pass through the human body without further development or without causing any injury or damage.
Spurious parasite
According to needs.
Is one which visit & leave their hosts at intervals like that during its feeding time.- a.k.a. temporary parasite.
intermittent parasite
According to pathogenicity.
A type of parasite that causes disease.
pathogenic
According to pathogenicity.
A type of parasite that does not cause disease.
non-pathogenic
According to where they are found.
It is a protozoan organism which is able to live and multiply in moist fecal matter outside the body.
coprophilic parasite
According to where they are found.
Is a parasite living inside a red blood cell.
Hematozoic parasite
According to where they are found.
A parasite living inside the cell or tissue.
cytozoic parasite
According to where they are found.
It is the parasite living in body cavities.
Coelozoic parasite
According to where they are found.
It is the parasite living inside the lumen of the intestines.
enterozoic parasite
Other parasite.
_________ or secondary parasite. A parasite within a parasite.
hyperparasite
Other parasite.
An object that is mistaken for a parasite.
pseudoparasite
Other type of parasite.
A type of parasite that is never transmitted from man to man and which develops abnormally in man. It reaches unusual places as a dead end becoming unable to complete the life cycle.
wandering parasite or aberrant parasite
According to host.
These parasites have only one host, rest of the cycle being parasite spent outside the host. Monogenic parasites
monoxenous
According to host.
These parasite have two or more hosts.
Heteroxenous
According to sexes
Having female and male reproductive organs in same individual;
hermaphroditic;