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Examples of ectoparasite
ectoparasite
The new device would greatly assist in ectoparasite control efforts.
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This female also carries an ectoparasite copepod on its dorsal fin.
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When our ancestors adopted group-dwelling social arrangements roughly 1.8 mya, ectoparasite loads increased dramatically.
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The hippoboscid fly Pseudolynchia canariensis is a typical blood-sucking ectoparasite of pigeons, found only in tropical and sub-tropical regions.
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- Any external parasitic organism (as fleas)
- Parasitism is a type of symbiotic relationship between organisms of different species where one organism, the parasite, benefits at the expense of the host. Traditionally parasite referred to organisms with lifestages that went beyond one host (e.g. ...
- A parasite that lives on the surface of a host organism; such as the demodex mite which lives in human hair and eyelashes
- (ectoparasitic) Of or pertaining to ectoparasites
- (ectoparasites) fleas, ticks, lice, flies - primates don't have many of these because of grooming
- A classification of animals that includes those with hard, segmented bodies and jointed appendages, such as insects. Ectoparasites are usually arthropods which parasitize the skin.
- A parasite that lives and feeds from the exterior of its host's cells or tissues. Compare with endoparasite.
- An organism that lives on the outside of another organism to the detriment of the host. Because they are colonial cavity nesters (i.e. ...
- Organism that lives on or within the skin of its host (lice, mites, ticks).
