Parasite of the Day

February 11, 2026

Galactosomum nagasakiense

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Galactosomum nagasakiense is a parasite that lives rent-free in fish's brain and give them " Trematode Whirling Disease " (TW...
January 13, 2026

Limnotrachelobdella okae

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Do you like eating fish? Well so do some leeches. Most people only know about the leeches that feed on humans, but there are also numerous o...
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December 16, 2025

Gordius wulingensis

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Horsehair worms are a menace to crickets (as well as mantis , millipedes , and centipedes ) everywhere. Imagine being a cricket going about ...
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November 12, 2025

Cymbasoma sp.

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Floating amidst the ocean's plankton is a tiny monster, it has no mouth and it must mate, after which it will give birth to a new genera...
October 8, 2025

Dolops discoidalis

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The electric eel , also known as poraquê , is a formidable animal. Not only is it capable of stunning its prey with an electrifying shock, ...
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September 14, 2025

Cynomorium songaricum

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Deserts can be challenging environments to live in, doubly so when you are a parasitic plant that has to latch onto the roots of a specific ...
August 12, 2025

Myxobolus medusae

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Myxozoans  are a group of single-celled parasites which had evolved from jellyfish-like ancestors, thus making them a type of single-celled ...
July 31, 2025

Sarcocystis spp.

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Student guest post time! One of the assessments that I set for students in my ZOOL329 Evolutionary Parasitology class is for them to write a...
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July 10, 2025

Kamegainema cingula

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Dracunculidae is a family of worms with a nasty reputation. Most of this is due to Dracunculus medinensis , also known as the Guinea Worm w...
June 10, 2025

Sacculina pugettiae

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Sacculina pilosella is a parasite of spider crabs ( Scyra ferox ), and while it is technically a barnacle, you're going to have to aban...
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