NOUN | an ectoparasite | ectoparasites | |
SYNO | ectoparasite | ectozoan | ectozoon | ... |
NOUN article.ind sg | pl
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- The only known and recorded parasite for the jewelled gecko is the ectoparasite "Neotrombicula naultini".
- Pale-winged trumpeters have cleaning symbiosis, a form of mutualism, with ungulate species like the gray brocket deer as they are ectoparasite removers.
- "Rheomys raptor" is the first known species of its genus to harbor an ectoparasite, "Hoplopleura janzen"i.
- Grooming is extremely important not only to clean themselves but also to ensure ectoparasite control.
- The leech "Placobdelloides siamensis" is an ectoparasite of this turtle.
- Apart from "Chelopistes lervicola" described as an ectoparasite of this species, an Argasid tick "Argas himalayensis" has been noted.
- The "ectoparasite" explanation of modern human nakedness is based on the principle that a hairless primate would harbor fewer parasites.
- An endemic species of mite ("Erythrites jacksoni") is an ectoparasite of this grasshopper.
- "Lemurpediculus robbinsi" is an ectoparasite of Crossley's dwarf lemur, "Cheirogaleus crossleyi" A. Grandidier, in Madagascar.
- This louse fly is known to be an ectoparasite on the house martin.
- "Haematobosca stimulans" is a fly from the family Muscidae. It is an ectoparasite which feeds on the blood of mammals.
- "Gyrodactylus arcuatoides" is an ectoparasite. It was found on the sand goby ("Pomatoschistus minutus") in European coastal waters.
- The length of the shell of this ectoparasite reaches 3 mm.
- The length of the shell of this ectoparasite measures 5 mm.
- Bigfin reef squids serve as hosts to the copepod ectoparasite "Doridicola similis" and the worm-like dicyemid endoparasites "Dicyema koshidai" and "Dicyema orientale".
- The copepod, "Parartotrogus richardi", is an ectoparasite of "O. ophiura".
- The copepod, "Doridicola sunnivae", is an ectoparasite of the brooding anemone.
- Antennophoridae contains five genera, with nine recognized species. "Antennophorus grandis" is an ectoparasite on ants of the species "Lasius flavus".
- "Ornithonyssus sylviarum" (also known as the northern fowl mite) is a haematophagous ectoparasite of poultry. In both size and appearance, it resembles the red mite, "Dermanyssus gallinae".
- This species is an ectoparasite that parasitizes the Pacific electric ray, "Torpedo californica", and perhaps other benthic fishes. Cooper's nutmeg is uncommonly found, offshore, on sandy substrate.
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