Galapagos Species Database

The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.

Stephanostomum casum (Linton, 1910) McFarlane, 1936

platelminto, flatworm

endoparasite

found in intestine of Lutianus viridis

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Platyhelminthes

Class
Trematoda

Order
Plagiorchiida

Suborder
Xiphidiata

Superfamily
Allocreadioidea

Family
Acanthocolpidae

Genus
Stephanostomum

Species
casum

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, Stephanostomum casum", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=12694. Accessed 6 May 2025.