Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Cetiosaccus galapagensis
platelminto, flatworm
endoparasite
found in Amblyrhynchus cristatus (Marine Iguana)
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Platyhelminthes
Class
Trematoda
Order
Digenea
Family
Pronocephalidae
Genus
Cetiosaccus
Species
galapagensis
Taxon category: Accepted
- Gilbert, P.T. (1938) Three new trematodes from the Galapagos Marine Iguana Amblyrhynchus cristatus. Allan Hancock Pacific Expeditions 2(6): 91-107.
- Horton, T. Horton, T., Kroh, A., Ahyong, S., Bailly, N., Boyko, C. B., Brandão, S. N., Gofas, S., Hooper, J. N. A., Hernandez, F., Holovachov, O., Mees, J., Molodtsova, T. N., Paulay, G., Decock, W., Dekeyzer, S., Poffyn, G., Vandepitte, L., Vanhoorne, B., Adlard, R., ... Zhao, Z. (2021) World Register of Marine Species. Available from https://www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ.
- WoRMS Editorial Board (2013) World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) Available from http://www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ
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"Galapagos Species Database, Cetiosaccus galapagensis", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=12650. Accessed 2 November 2026.