Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Derogenes varicus
platelminto, flatworm
endoparasite
found in stomach of Paralabrax humeralis and Cratinus agassizii
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Platyhelminthes
Class
Trematoda
Order
Plagiorchiida
Suborder
Hemiurata
Superfamily
Hemiuroidea
Family
Derogenidae
Genus
Derogenes
Species
varicus
Taxon category: Accepted
Origin: Native
- 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, Derogenes varicus", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=12705. Accessed 1 November 2026.