ectoparasite

Examples of ectoparasite in the following topics:

• Agnathans: Jawless Fishes

  • Many species have a parasitic stage of their life cycle during which they are ectoparasites of fishes .

• Phylum Platyhelminthes

  • The monogeneans are ectoparasites, mostly of fish, with simple life cycles that consist of a free-swimming larva that attaches to a fish to begin transformation to the parasitic adult form.

• Parasitic Skin Diseases

  • They are obligate ectoparasites of every avian and mammalian order except for monotremes (the platypus and echidnas), bats, whales, dolphins, porpoises, and pangolins.