Galapagos Species Database
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Lepidapedoides nicolli
Platelminto, Flatworm
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Platyhelminthes
Class
Trematoda
Order
Plagiorchiida
Suborder
Lepocreadiata
Superfamily
Lepocreadioidea
Family
Lepocreadiidae
Genus
Lepidapedoides
Species
nicolli
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Lepidapedoides hancocki (Manter, 1940) Yamaguti, 1971, Lepidapedoides magnifus (Nasir & Gomez, 1977), Lepidapedon hancocki Manter, 1940, Lepidapedon nicolli Manter, 1934, Lepocreadium hancocki (Manter, 1940) Yamaguti, 1953, Mycterobonacinus magnifus Nasir & Gómez, 1977 (Horton et al., 2021).
Origin: Endemic
- 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.
- 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.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Lepidapedoides nicolli", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=20156. Accessed 1 November 2026.