Galactosomum
Sign in to saveGalactosomum is a genus of flukes in the family Heterophyidae. There are currently 28 recognised species within the genus. They mainly infect aquatic birds, but often infest fish as larvae. Three species are known to use marine mammals as hosts.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumPlatyhelminthes
- ClassTrematoda
- OrderPlagiorchiida
- FamilyHeterophyidae
Habitatmarine, brackish, freshwater
Observations0
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 84
- Family
- Heterophyidae
- Collections
- MSB, GNM, NHMUK, QM
- Recorded in
- United States, Sweden, Australia, New Zealand
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Heterophyidae
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- taxon name
- Galactosomum
- taxon rank
- genus
- taxon author citation
- Looss, 1899
- taxon common name
- ミズドリキュウチュウ属
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Encyclopedic overview
5 sectionsContents
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Galactosomum is a genus of flukes in the family Heterophyidae. There are currently 28 recognised species within the genus. They mainly infect aquatic birds, but often infest fish as larvae. Three species are known to use marine mammals as hosts.
==Description== The excised spherical metacercaria is 2.7–4.9 mm long. Generally, only one is found per fish.
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