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Prosorhynchus ozakii Manter, 1934

platelminto, flatworm

endoparasite

found in ceca of Mycteroperca olfax (Bacalao) and M. xenarcha (Broomtail grouper)

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Platyhelminthes

Class
Trematoda

Order
Plagiorchiida

Suborder
Bucephalata

Superfamily
Bucephaloidea

Family
Bucephalidae

Genus
Prosorhynchus

Species
ozakii

Taxon category: Accepted

Origin: Native

References

  • 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.

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"Galapagos Species Database, Prosorhynchus ozakii", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=12664. Accessed 1 November 2026.