Endoparasites are simply parasites that live inside a host organism.
As a parasite, these animals obtain food/nutrients by feeding off of
the host's tissues or food.

 


Acanthocephalans:    

       

Neoechinorhynchus emydis

 

Coccidians:

 

 

Eimeria megalostiedai
Eimeria lecontei  

 

Haemogregarines:

 

Haemogregarina balli

 

Trematodes:

 

 Spirorchis innominata
Telorchis corti

 

 



Ectoparasites are simply parasites that live on the outside
of a host organism. Often, these parasites feed on the host
organism's blood.

 

 

Flies:

 

Sarcophaga cistudinis

 

Midges:

 

Culicoides testudinalis

 

Leeches:

 

 Placobdella parasitica
Placobdella ornata


 

Last updated: February 7th, 2010