Home›Species›Diet›ParasiticBrowse ByParasiticDiet groups species by what they mainly eat: herbivores that feed on plants, carnivores that feed on other animals, omnivores that eat both, and narrower feeding styles such as insectivores, piscivores, filter feeders, detritivores and scavengers, and parasitic species that live on or in a host. A species is placed by its own typical adult feeding behavior as described on its page, not by an occasional or unusual meal.ParasiticConnectionsSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)ParasiticFilter Results150 entriesCommon GroupAllAmoebae (1)Ancient And Relict Fish (Coelacanth, Lungfish) (1)Apicomplexan Parasites (9)Asters And Composites (Asterales) (1)Barnacles (Cirripedia) (1)Bees, Wasps And Ants (Hymenoptera) (4)Beetles (Coleoptera) (1)Butterflies And Moths (Lepidoptera) (1)Citrus And Mahogany Relatives (Sapindales) (1)Copepods (2)Crabs (1)Cuckoos (1)Eels (Anguilliformes) (1)Fleas And Lice (1)Flies (Diptera) (6)Flukes (Trematoda) (2)Gastropods (Snails And Slugs) (2)Giardia (2)Gilled Mushrooms (Agarics) (3)Isopods (Woodlice) (2)Kinetoplastid Parasites (Trypanosomes and Leishmania) (5)Leeches (Hirudinea) (2)Mantises (Mantodea) (1)Oomycetes (Water Molds) (1)Other Bony Fish (3)Other Crustaceans (1)Other Flowering Plant Orders (1)Other Fungi (2)Other Insects (2)Parasitic Ciliates (2)Pathogenic And Parasitic Fungi (Human/Animal) (17)Peat Mosses (Sphagnum) (1)Pines (Pinaceae) (1)Podocarps (Podocarpaceae) (1)Polypores And Bracket Fungi (8)Rotifers and Spiny-Headed Worms (2)Roundworms (Nematoda) (6)Rusts, Smuts And Plant Pathogens (19)Shrimp And Prawns (1)Spiders (Araneae) (1)Spurges And Willows (Malpighiales) (3)Tapeworms (Cestoda) (1)Ticks And Mites (Acari) (15)True Bugs (Hemiptera) (4)True Jellyfish (Scyphozoa) (1)Yeasts, Molds And Aspergilli (1)TaxonomyAllAcariformes (3)Agaricales (5)Agaricomycetes (2)Agnatha (2)Amoebozoa (2)Anopheles (1)Apicomplexa (5)Arachnida (1)Arthropoda (3)Ascomycota (5)Asteraceae (1)Basidiomycota (4)Bryophyta (1)Cestoda (1)Chiroptera (1)Chytridiomycetes (1)Chytridiomycota (1)Ciliophora (2)Clitellata (2)Coleoptera (1)Copepoda (1)Cuculiformes (1)Decapoda (1)Dermaptera (1)Diptera (5)Dothideomycetes (1)Ecdysozoa (2)Eukarya (3)Eurotiomycetes (4)Fungi (1)Gasterosteiformes (2)Gastropoda (2)Hemiptera (2)Hymenoptera (4)Insecta (2)Ixodidae (2)Lepidoptera (1)Magnoliopsida (2)Malacostraca (3)Nematoda (5)Neuroptera (1)Oomycota (1)Parasitiformes (9)Perciformes (1)Pinopsida (1)Plantae (4)Polyporales (7)Pucciniomycetes (3)Scyphozoa (1)Sordariomycetes (13)Spiralia (3)Trematoda (2)Ustilaginomycetes (1)HabitatAllAlpine (2)Bog (2)Boreal Forest (4)Chaparral (4)Desert (7)Freshwater (4)Grassland (4)Intertidal Zone (2)Lake (10)Marine (4)Open Ocean (4)Riparian Zone (1)River (7)Salt Marsh (2)Temperate Coniferous Forest (1)Temperate Forest (4)Tropical Rainforest (8)Tundra (2)Wetlands (2)Conservation StatusAllData Deficient (1)Endangered (1)Least Concern (13)Near Threatened (2)Not Evaluated (69)Vulnerable (2)EcosystemAllAmazon Rainforest (1)Arctic Tundra (2)Great Barrier Reef (1)Great Lakes (2)Kruger National Park (1)Lake Baikal (3)Mediterranean Basin (1)Okavango Delta (1)Pampas (1)Serengeti (1)Simpson Desert (1)Sumatran Lowland Rainforest (1)Svalbard (1)Western Ghats (1)Everyday GroupAllAmoebae (1)Ancient And Relict Fish (Coelacanth, Lungfish) (1)Apicomplexan Parasites (9)Asters And Composites (Asterales) (1)Barnacles (Cirripedia) (1)Bees, Wasps And Ants (Hymenoptera) (4)Beetles (Coleoptera) (1)Butterflies And Moths (Lepidoptera) (1)Citrus And Mahogany Relatives (Sapindales) (1)Copepods (2)Crabs (1)Cuckoos (1)Eels (Anguilliformes) (1)Fleas And Lice (1)Flies (Diptera) (6)Flukes (Trematoda) (2)Gastropods (Snails And Slugs) (2)Giardia (2)Gilled Mushrooms (Agarics) (3)Isopods (Woodlice) (2)Kinetoplastid Parasites (Trypanosomes and Leishmania) (5)Leeches (Hirudinea) (2)Mantises (Mantodea) (1)Oomycetes (Water Molds) (1)Other Bony Fish (3)Other Crustaceans (1)Other Flowering Plant Orders (1)Other Fungi (2)Other Insects (2)Parasitic Ciliates (2)Pathogenic And Parasitic Fungi (Human/Animal) (17)Peat Mosses (Sphagnum) (1)Pines (Pinaceae) (1)Podocarps (Podocarpaceae) (1)Polypores And Bracket Fungi (8)Rotifers and Spiny-Headed Worms (2)Roundworms (Nematoda) (6)Rusts, Smuts And Plant Pathogens (19)Shrimp And Prawns (1)Spiders (Araneae) (1)Spurges And Willows (Malpighiales) (3)Tapeworms (Cestoda) (1)Ticks And Mites (Acari) (15)True Bugs (Hemiptera) (4)True Jellyfish (Scyphozoa) (1)Yeasts, Molds And Aspergilli (1)System (Realm)AllFreshwater (27)Marine (34)Marine and Freshwater (1)Terrestrial (104)Terrestrial and Freshwater (1)ThreatsAllInvasive and Other Problematic Species, Genes and Diseases (1)Relationship to PeopleAllAgricultural or Structural Pest (15)Disease Vector (37)Eaten or Drunk by People (9)Ecotourism and Research (1)Farmed or Commercially Raised (9)Hunted or Fished (2)Invasive or Introduced Species (7)No Significant Interaction with Humans (1)Pollinator (1)Source of Dye (1)Source of Timber or Wood (1)Used in Traditional Medicine (11)Venomous or Dangerous to Humans (4)Living or ExtinctAllYes (79)Where It LivesAllAfrica (21)Albania (1)Algeria (4)Argentina (3)Asia (4)Australia (3)Australia (10)Austria (10)Azerbaijan (4)Bangladesh (1)Belarus (4)Belgium (33)Belize (4)Bhutan (2)Bolivia (3)Bosnia and 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EarParasiticWood TickParasiticWuchereria BancroftiParasiticZombie-ant FungusParasiticConnectionsShowing the first 400 of 3,220 connections.SourcesPolar Bear (Ursus maritimus) (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service)U.S. Fish and Wildlife ServiceContains: Polar BearView the SourceLion (Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute)Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology InstituteContains: African LionView the SourceBeaver (Bering Land Bridge National Preserve, National Park Service)National Park ServiceContains: BeaverView the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. 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