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Good luck flatworm

Acanthobothrium goleketen Irigoitia, Franzese & Alarcos in Irigoitia, Franzese, Alarcos, Arredondo & Timi, 2025

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The good luck flatworm (Acanthobothrium goleketen) is a species in the family Onchobothriidae, order Onchoproteocephalidea.

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Quick facts about the good luck flatworm

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the good luck flatworm live?

Not recorded

Is the good luck flatworm endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the good luck flatworm classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumPlatyhelminthes
  3. classCestoda
  4. orderOnchoproteocephalidea
  5. familyOnchobothriidae
  6. genusAcanthobothrium
  7. SpeciesAcanthobothrium goleketen Irigoitia, Franzese & Alarcos in Irigoitia, Franzese, Alarcos, Arredondo & Timi, 2025

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the good luck flatworm

Other species in the same genus Acanthobothrium.

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Common questions

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What kind of animal is the good luck flatworm?

The good luck flatworm (Acanthobothrium goleketen) belongs to the family Onchobothriidae in the order Onchoproteocephalidea.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Good luck flatworm (Acanthobothrium goleketen). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/good-luck-flatworm

MLA

“Good luck flatworm (Acanthobothrium goleketen).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/good-luck-flatworm.

BibTeX
@misc{good_luck_flatworm_2026,
  title = {Good luck flatworm (Acanthobothrium goleketen)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/good-luck-flatworm},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}