Galapagos Species Database
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Homalometron longisinosum
platelminto, flatworm
endoparasite
Found in rectum of Cheilichthys annulatus and Spheroides angusticeps
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Platyhelminthes
Class
Trematoda
Order
Plagiorchiida
Suborder
Apocreadiata
Superfamily
Apocreadioidea
Family
Apocreadiidae
Genus
Homalometron
Species
longisinosum
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Apocreadium longisinosum Manter, 1937 fide WoRMS (2013)
Origin: Endemic
- Manter, H.W. (1940) The geographical distribution of digenetic trematodes of marine fishes of the tropical American Pacific. Allan Hancock Pacific Expeditions 2(16): 531-547
- Manter, H.W. (1940) Digenetic trematodes of fishes from the Galapagos Islands and the neighboring Pacific. Allan Hancock Pacific Expeditions 2(14): 329-497.
- Manter, H.W. (1937) A new genus of Distomes (Trematoda) with lymphatic vessels. The Hancock Pacific Expeditions 2(3): 11-23.
- 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, Homalometron longisinosum", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=18037. Accessed 2 November 2026.