Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Heterobothrium ecuadori
platelminto, flatworm
endoparasite
found in Cheilichtys annulatus
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Platyhelminthes
Class
Monogenea
Order
Mazocraeidea
Family
Diclidophoridae
Genus
Heterobothrium
Species
ecuadori
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Tagia ecuadori (Meserve, 1938) (Horton et al., 2021); Sproston, 1946, Note: This species was considered synonymous fide WoRMS (2013).
Origin: Native
- 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.
- Meserve, F.G. (1938) Some monogenetic trematodes from the Galapagos Islands and the neighboring Pacific. Allan Hancock Pacific Expeditions 2(5): 31-89.
- 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, Heterobothrium ecuadori", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=12654. Accessed 1 November 2026.