Ectoparasites are those parasites that live in the skin or outer covering of the host. Various types of worms and mites can attach themselves to the outsides of fish and other ocean creatures.
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Some examples of ectoparasites include the tick and a mosquito. Examples of endoparasites include the hookworm and the bacteria giardia.
They live as endo- or ectoparasites on fish or invertebrates in fresh water as well as in ocean environments.
Heukelbach, J., and H. Feldmeier. "Ectoparasites--The Underestimated Realm." Lancet 363 (March 13, 2004): 889-891.
ectoparasites
ectoparasites (external) and endoparasiates (internal)
Flea tick lice midge mite
Ectoparasites feed on a living host from inside of it. eg. bacteria, virus's
one or two weeks.
parsites are of two types- ectoparasites and endoparasites............... endoparasites are those parasites which live inside the body of its host. ectoparasites are those parasites which live outside the body of the host. endoparasites take up the food that the host eats as they live inside the body of the host. eg- worms inside the stomach take up the digested food from the stomach. ectoparasites, as they live outside the body of the host take up the nutrition from outside the body of the host. eg- mosquitoes suck blood from our body.
An arixeniid is a member of the Arixeniidae, a family of earwigs, blind, wingless ectoparasites with filiform segmented cerci.