3. Kinds of Parasite

  1. This type of parasite lives on surface of the host.
    ectoparasite
  2. Lives within the host.
    endoparasite
  3. According to needs.

    A type of parasite that is entirely dependent on its host for its existence.
    obligatory parasite
  4. According to needs.

    One capable of choosing either a free-living or a parasitic existence.
    facultative parasite
  5. 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
  6. 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
  7. According to pathogenicity.

    A type of parasite that causes disease.
    pathogenic
  8. According to pathogenicity.

    A type of parasite that does not cause disease.
    non-pathogenic
  9. 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
  10. According to where they are found.

    Is a parasite living inside a red blood cell.
    Hematozoic parasite
  11. According to where they are found.

    A parasite living inside the cell or tissue.
    cytozoic parasite
  12. According to where they are found.

    It is the parasite living in body cavities.
    Coelozoic parasite
  13. According to where they are found.

    It is the parasite living inside the lumen of the intestines.
    enterozoic parasite
  14. Other parasite.

    _________ or secondary parasite. A parasite within a parasite.
    hyperparasite
  15. Other parasite.

    An object that is mistaken for a parasite.
    pseudoparasite
  16. 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
  17. According to host. 

    These parasites have only one host, rest of the cycle being parasite spent outside the host. Monogenic parasites


    monoxenous
  18. According to host.

    These parasite have two or more hosts.
    Heteroxenous
  19. According to sexes

    Having female and male reproductive organs in same individual;
    hermaphroditic;
    monoecious
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