Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Hirudinella ventricosa
platelminto, flatworm
endoparasite
found in stomach of Acanthocybium solandri (Wahoo).
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Platyhelminthes
Class
Trematoda
Order
Plagiorchiida
Suborder
Hemiurata
Superfamily
Hemiuroidea
Family
Hirudinellidae
Genus
Hirudinella
Species
ventricosa
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Hirudinella beebei Chandler, 1937, fide WoRMS (2013)
Origin: Native
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
- Chandler, A.C. (1937) A new Trematode, Hirudinella beebei, from the Stomach of a Bermuda Fish, Acanthocybium petus. Transact. Amer. Microscop. Soc. 56(3): 348-354.
- Manter, H.W. (1940) Digenetic trematodes of fishes from the Galapagos Islands and the neighboring Pacific. Allan Hancock Pacific Expeditions 2(14): 329-497.
- WoRMS Editorial Board (2013) World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) Available from http://www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ
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"Galapagos Species Database, Hirudinella ventricosa", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=18036. Accessed 25 June 2025.