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    Parasitism Is A Relationship Between Two Different Organisms Where One of The Organisms

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    This document defines and provides examples of different types of parasitism. It discusses endoparasitism, which can be intercellular or intracellular; ectoparasitism, where parasites live on the outside of the host's body; hyperparasitoidism, where a parasite feeds off another parasite; epiphytism, where plants parasitize other plants or structures without harming the host; brood parasitism, where organisms rely on others to raise their young; and parasitoidism, a form of parasitism that results in the host's death. Examples are provided for each type.

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    This document defines and provides examples of different types of parasitism. It discusses endoparasitism, which can be intercellular or intracellular; ectoparasitism, where parasites live on the outside of the host's body; hyperparasitoidism, where a parasite feeds off another parasite; epiphytism, where plants parasitize other plants or structures without harming the host; brood parasitism, where organisms rely on others to raise their young; and parasitoidism, a form of parasitism that results in the host's death. Examples are provided for each type.

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    This document defines and provides examples of different types of parasitism. It discusses endoparasitism, which can be intercellular or intracellular; ectoparasitism, where parasites live on the outside of the host's body; hyperparasitoidism, where a parasite feeds off another parasite; epiphytism, where plants parasitize other plants or structures without harming the host; brood parasitism, where organisms rely on others to raise their young; and parasitoidism, a form of parasitism that results in the host's death. Examples are provided for each type.

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    Parasitism is a relationship between two different organisms where one of the organisms

    actually harms the other through the relationship. The organism that is harming the other one
    is called a parasite while the one being harmed is called a host.

    TYPES OF PARASITISM

    1. ENDOPARASITISM

    May be either intercellular (inhabiting spaces in the host’s body) or intracellular (inhabiting cells
    in the host’s body). Intracellular parasites—such as bacteria or viruses—often rely on a third
    organism, known as the carrier, or vector, to transmit them to the host. Intercellular parasites
    example is a hookworm that lives in a host's gut.

    Hookworms

    2. ECTOPARASITISM

    Is having parasites living on the outside of the body. Examples of ectoparasites includes ticks,
    fleas, leeches, and lice—which live on the body surface of the host and do not themselves
    commonly cause disease in the host.

    Oriental Rat Flea


    3. HYPERPARASITOIDISM

    Is a parasite feeding off another parasite. These parasites are called Epiparasites.

    A hyperparasitoid chalcid wasp (Pteromalidae) on the


    cocoons of its host, a braconid wasp (subfamily
    Microgastrinae), itself a koinobiont parasitoid of
    Lepidoptera

    4. EPIPHYTES

    There are a large number of plants that are considered parasites that people find attractive and
    useful; these plant parasites are known as epiphytes. One of the most common epiphytes is the
    orchid. Orchids like most other epiphytes do not harm their host and do not use nutrients from
    the host. The epiphyte relies on nutrients it receives from the surrounding air and water from
    rainfall.

    Eastern phoebe nest with one brown-headed cowbird


    egg (at bottom left)
    5. BROOD PARASITISM

    Brood parasites are organisms that rely on others to raise their young. The strategy appears
    among birds, insects and some fish. The brood parasite manipulates a host, either of the same
    or of another species, to raise its young as if it were
    its own, using brood mimicry, for example by
    having eggs that resemble the host's (egg mimicry).

    Eastern phoebe nest with one brown-headed


    cowbird egg (at bottom left)

    6. PARASITOIDISM

    A form of parasitism wherein an organism (called


    parasitoid) lives on or inside the host at one phase in
    its life cycle, and usually ends up in the death of the
    host

    A parasitoid wasp (Trioxys complanatus, Aphidiidae)


    ovipositing into the body of a spotted alfalfa aphid, a behaviour that is used in biological pest
    control

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