Question

Is leach an ectoparasite or endoparasite ?

Answer 1

Parasite:

• The organisms living inside or on the surface of the host are known as parasites.
• Parasites are dependent on food obtained from the host organism.
• Parasites are mainly of two types - Endoparasite and Ectoparasite.
• Endoparasites live inside the organism or host.
• Ectoparasite lives on the external (outside) surface of the host.

Leach:

• Leach is a blood-sucking parasite.
• The parasite lives on or in the skin but not within the body.
• They reside on the host body and suck their blood.
• So leach is an ectoparasite as it lives outside the host body, not inside.