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parasitism

vr.tr.parasitism · PHY.LIV

Let an agent explain parasitism as a category of species interaction and its many forms, describe examples across animals, plants and microbes, relate it to ecology, evolution and disease, and support learning.

Thing Registry Physical world and living systems

Research draft, second pass

A second pass drafted this model: the structure a model of this thing needs, and what is known about it in the world. The line under this one says how the second half was obtained - researched against sources, or recalled without web access, in which case nothing here was read anywhere and every claim is a lead to verify. Unreviewed either way.

written by Claude from model knowledge without web access - no source was read, every claim is a lead to verify

Researched by: Claude

Purpose and description

Let an agent explain parasitism as a category of species interaction and its many forms, describe examples across animals, plants and microbes, relate it to ecology, evolution and disease, and support learning.

A form of symbiosis in which one organism, the parasite, benefits at the expense of another, the host, including ectoparasitism on the host surface, endoparasitism within the host, micropredation by brief feeding such as by mosquitoes, kleptoparasitism in which food is stolen, brood and social parasitism in which care or labour is exploited as by cuckoos and slave-making ants, and superparasitism in which multiple parasitoids exploit one host; parasitism is one of the most common ways of life and shapes ecology and evolution.

What it is for: Symbiosis benefiting one organism at the expense of another.

It can be explain forms of parasitism; describe examples; relate to ecology and disease; support learning.

Distinguishing features

Asymmetric benefit

Many strategies

Host exploitation

Evolutionary arms races

What it looks like

Not physical as a relation; seen in parasites on or in hosts.

How it is recognised

One organism benefits at host expense

Ecto, endo, klepto, social, brood forms

Predation kills prey outright; mutualism benefits both

Related models

is a kind of - category

symbiosis

is related to - parasitic worms

worm

is related to - hosts of parasites

snail

is related to - diseases spread by parasitic ticks

tick-borne disease

In practice

Families and kinds

ectoparasitism and endoparasitism

micropredation

kleptoparasitism

brood and social parasitism

parasitoidism and superparasitism

Standards and regulation

Ecological and parasitological terminology

Public and animal health rules on parasitic disease

No regulation of the concept

Failure modes and hazards

Using parasitism as a metaphor for people

Confusing ecological interaction types

Agents giving medical advice

Also called

micropredationkleptoparasitismsocial parasitismsuperparasitismslave-making antectoparasitismbrood parasitismendoparasitismhematophagyXenobiosisarthropod infestationleech infestationbed bug infestationscarabiasisinternal hirudiniasisexternal hirudiniasis

Where this came from

wikidata · CC0 1.0

Also registered as vr.tr.parasitism

Drafted structure

Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.

Understand What parasitism is.

Ecology.

Forms

Forms.

Forms

Forms.

  1. How do ectoparasitism, endoparasitism, micropredation, kleptoparasitism, brood and social parasitism and superparasitism differ? definition
  2. Which form is meant? boundary

Examples

Examples.

Examples

Examples.

  1. What are notable examples, from cuckoos and slave-making ants to tapeworms and mosquitoes? provenance
  2. Which entry fits a specific parasite? action
Evolution Ecology and evolution.

Science.

Arms

Coevolution.

Arms

Coevolution.

  1. How do hosts and parasites coevolve, and how do social parasites deceive their hosts? provenance
  2. Which entry fits coevolution? action

Ecosystems

Ecosystem roles.

Ecosystems

Ecosystems.

  1. How does parasitism regulate populations and structure food webs? provenance
  2. Which entry fits food webs? action
Health Parasites and disease.

General information.

Disease

Parasitic disease.

Disease

Disease.

  1. Which parasitic relationships cause human, animal and plant disease, and how are they controlled, according to health bodies? provenance
  2. Is the user asking about their own infection, which needs a clinician? boundary

Agriculture

Agriculture.

Agriculture

Agriculture.

  1. How are parasitoids used in biological control, and how are parasites managed in livestock? provenance
  2. Which entry fits biological control? action
Learn History and teaching.

Education.

History

History.

History

History.

  1. How did the study of parasitism develop? provenance
  2. Which references are standard? provenance

Teach

Teaching.

Teach

Teaching.

  1. How can parasitism be taught without misleading metaphors? action
  2. Which misconceptions arise? provenance

What the second pass must settle

  • Should each form be a separate entry?
  • How should ecology resources be linked?
  • How should this entry relate to the general parasitism entry?