Galapagos Species Database

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Tetrabothrius minor Loennberg, 1893

Cestodo tetrabothrius menor

Found in 1914

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Platyhelminthes

Class
Cestoda

Order
Tetrabothriidea

Family
Tetrabothriidae

Genus
Tetrabothrius

Species
minor

Taxon category: Accepted

Bothridiotaenia eroslris var minor Loennberg, 1893; Tetrabothrius monticelli Furhmann, 1899; T. strangulatus Baylis, 1914; T. minutus Szpotanska, 1917.

Origin: Native

Distribution

Distribution: Española Island

References

  • Baylis, H.A. (1914) On a new cestode from an albatross. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1914: 407–413.
  • 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.

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"Galapagos Species Database, Tetrabothrius minor", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=18803. Accessed 12 April 2026.