Lethrinitrema Explained

Lethrinitrema is a genus of monogeneans belonging to the family Ancyrocephalidae.^[1] The genus was created by Susan Lim and Jean-Lou Justine in 2011 for parasites of lethrinid fish from New Caledonia.^[2] All members of the genus are parasitic on the gills of fish.

Species

The following species are considered valid according to WorRMS: ^[1]

• Lethrinitrema austrosinense (Li & Chen, 2005) Sun, Li & Yang, 2014 ^[3]
• Lethrinitrema chrysostomi (Young, 1968) Lim & Justine, 2011
• Lethrinitrema dossenus Lim & Justine, 2011
• Lethrinitrema fleti (Young, 1968) Lim & Justine, 2011
• Lethrinitrema gibbus Lim & Justine, 2011
• Lethrinitrema grossecurvitubum (Li & Chen, 2005) Sun, Li & Yang, 1914
• Lethrinitrema lethrini (Yamaguti, 1937) Lim & Justine, 2011
• Lethrinitrema nebulosum Sun, Li & Yang, 2014 ^[3]
• Lethrinitrema zhanjiangense Sun, Li & Yang, 2014 ^[3]

Notes and References

1. WoRMS (2018). Lethrinitrema Lim & Justine, 2011. Accessed at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=717367 on 2018-08-12
2. Lim. L. H. S.. Justine. Jean-Lou. Two new species of ancyrocephalid monogeneans from Lethrinus rubrioperculatus Sato (Perciformes: Lethrinidae) off New Caledonia, with the proposal of Lethrinitrema n. g.. Systematic Parasitology. 78. 2. 2011. 123–138. 0165-5752. 10.1007/s11230-010-9283-6.
3. Sun. Yuan. Li. Min. Yang. Tingbao. Studies on Lethrinitrema Lim & Justine, 2011 (Monogenea: Dactylogyridae), with the description of two new species, a key to the genus and a phylogenetic analysis based on rDNA sequences. Systematic Parasitology. 88. 2. 2014. 119–139. 0165-5752. 10.1007/s11230-014-9482-7.