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Lecithochirium microstomum Chandler, 1935

platelminto, flatworm

endoparasite

found in stomach of Calamus brachysomus, Caulolatilus sp., Euthynnus alletterata, Paralabrax humeralis, and Paranthias furcifer

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Platyhelminthes

Class
Trematoda

Order
Plagiorchiida

Suborder
Hemiurata

Superfamily
Hemiuroidea

Family
Hemiuridae

Genus
Lecithochirium

Species
microstomum

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, Lecithochirium microstomum", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=12703. Accessed 12 June 2025.