Galapagos Species Database
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Kuhnia macracantha
Flatworm
(Mazocraes m.) Found in gills of unidentified species of mackerel (Meserve 1938)
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Platyhelminthes
Class
Monogenea
Order
Mazocraeidea
Family
Mazocraeidae
Genus
Kuhnia
Species
macracantha
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Mazocraes macracanthum Meserve, 1938 (Horton et al., 2021).
Origin: Native
- 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, Kuhnia macracantha", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=20151. Accessed 1 November 2026.