Galapagos Species Database

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Axine cypseluri (Meserve, 1938) Sproston, 1946

platelminto, flatworm

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Platyhelminthes

Class
Monogenea

Order
Mazocraeidea

Family
Axinidae

Genus
Axine

Species
cypseluri

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Cestracolpa cypseluri Meserve, 1938 (Horton et al., 2021).

Origin: Native

References

  • Horton, T. Horton, T., Kroh, A., Ahyong, S., Bailly, N., Boyko, C. B., Brandão, S. N., Gofas, S., Hooper, J. N. A., Hernandez, F., Holovachov, O., Mees, J., Molodtsova, T. N., Paulay, G., Decock, W., Dekeyzer, S., Poffyn, G., Vandepitte, L., Vanhoorne, B., Adlard, R., ... Zhao, Z. (2021) World Register of Marine Species. Available from https://www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ.
  • Meserve, F.G. (1938) Some monogenetic trematodes from the Galapagos Islands and the neighboring Pacific. Allan Hancock Pacific Expeditions 2(5): 31-89.

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"Galapagos Species Database, Axine cypseluri", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=14302. Accessed 2 November 2026.