Lepidotrema Explained

Lepidotrema is a genus of monopisthocotylean monogeneans, belonging to the family Diplectanidae.^{[1] [2]} All its species are parasites on fish.^[2] The type-species is Lepidotrema therapon Johnston & Tiegs, 1922.

The genus Squamodiscus Yamaguti, 1934 ^[3] is considered a junior synonym of Lepidotrema.^[2]

Species

According to the World Register of Marine Species, species include:^[2]

• Lepidotrema angustum (Johnston & Tiegs, 1922) ^[1]
• Lepidotrema bidyana Murray, 1931 ^[4]
• Lepidotrema fuliginosum Johnston & Tiegs, 1922 ^[1]
• Lepidotrema kuwaitense Kritsky, Jimenez-Ruiz & Sey, 2000 ^[5]
• Lepidotrema longipenis (Yamaguti, 1934) Kritsky, Jiménez-Ruiz & Sey, 2000 ^{[3] [5]}
• Lepidotrema simplex (Johnston & Tiegs, 1922) ^[1]
• Lepidotrema tenue Johnston & Tiegs, 1922 ^[1]
• Lepidotrema therapon Johnston & Tiegs, 1922 ^[1]

Notes and References

1. Johnston, T. A., & Tiegs, O. W. (1922). New gyrodactyloid trematodes from Australian fishes together with a reclassification of the super-family Gyrodactyloidea. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, 47, 83-131.
2. WoRMS (2018). Lepidotrema Johnston & Tiegs, 1922. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=517966 on 2018-11-11
3. Yamaguti, S. (1934). Studies on the helminth fauna of Japan. Part 2. Trematodes of fishes, I. Japanese Journal of Zoology, 5, 249-541.
4. Murray. Florence V.. Gill Trematodes from some Australian Fishes. Parasitology. 23. 4. 1931. 492–506. 0031-1820. 10.1017/S0031182000013883. 85731699 .
5. Kritsky, D. C., Jiménez-Ruiz, F. A., & Sey, O. (2000). Diplectanids (Monogenoidea: Dactylogyridea) from the gills of marine fishes of the Persian Gulf off Kuwait. Comparative Parasitology, 67(2), 145-164.