Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Schikhobalotrema acutum
endoparasite
found in intestine of fish
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Platyhelminthes
Class
Trematoda
Order
Plagiorchiida
Family
Haplosplanchnidae
Genus
Schikhobalotrema
Species
acutum
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Haplosplanchnus acutus (Linton, 1910) fide WoRMS (2013)
Origin: Native
- 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, Schikhobalotrema acutum", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=18043. Accessed 2 November 2026.