Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Rhipidocotyle adbaculum
platelminto, flatworm
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Platyhelminthes
Class
Trematoda
Order
Plagiorchiida
Suborder
Bucephalata
Superfamily
Bucephaloidea
Family
Bucephalidae
Genus
Rhipidocotyle
Species
adbaculum
Taxon category: Accepted
Origin: Native
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
- Appeltans, W. Bouchet, P., Boxshall, G.A., Fauchald, K., Gordon, D.P., Hoeksema, B.W., Poore, G.C.B., van Soest, R.W.M., Stöhr, S., Walter, T.C., Costello, M.J. (eds.) (2010) World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS). Available online at http://www.marinespecies.org.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Rhipidocotyle adbaculum", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=9859. Accessed 5 November 2026.