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Hamacreadium mutabile Linton, 1910

platelminto, flatworm

endoparasite

found in intestine of Lutianus viridis and Mycteroperca xenarcha (Broomtail grouper)

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Platyhelminthes

Class
Trematoda

Order
Plagiorchiida

Suborder
Xiphidiata

Superfamily
Allocreadioidea

Family
Opecoelidae

Genus
Hamacreadium

Species
mutabile

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, Hamacreadium mutabile", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=12690. Accessed 1 November 2026.