Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Lobatostoma pacificum
platelminto, flatworm
endoparasite
found in intestine of Trachinotus paloma
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Platyhelminthes
Class
Trematoda
Order
Aspidogastrida
Superfamily
Aspidogastrioidea
Family
Aspidogastridae
Genus
Lobatostoma
Species
pacificum
Taxon category: Accepted
Origin: Endemic
- Appeltans, W. Bouchet, P., Boxshall, G.A., Fauchald, K., Gordon, D.P., Hoeksema, B.W., Poore, G.C.B., van Soest, R.W.M., Stöhr, S., Walter, T.C., Costello, M.J. (eds.) (2010) World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS). Available online at http://www.marinespecies.org.
- Manter, H.W. (1940) Digenetic trematodes of fishes from the Galapagos Islands and the neighboring Pacific. Allan Hancock Pacific Expeditions 2(14): 329-497.
- Manter, H.W. (1940) The geographical distribution of digenetic trematodes of marine fishes of the tropical American Pacific. Allan Hancock Pacific Expeditions 2(16): 531-547
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"Galapagos Species Database, Lobatostoma pacificum", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=12663. Accessed 8 June 2025.