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Acleotrema
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Acleotrema

Johnston & Tiegs, 1922
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Acleotrema is a genus of Monopisthocotylean Monogeneans, belonging in the family Diplectanidae.[1] [2] All its species are parasites on fish. [2] The type-species is Acleotrema girellae Johnston & Tiegs, 1922.

Heteroplectanum Rakotofiringa, Oliver & Lambert, 1987 [3] is considered a junior synonym of Acleotrema.[2]

Species

According to WoRMS, species include:[2]

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. ^ a b c d WoRMS (2018). Acleotrema Johnston & Tiegs, 1922. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=517904 on 2018-08-16
  3. ^ a b c Rakotofiringa, S. L., Oliver, G., & Lambert, A. (1987). Heteroplectanum n. gen., un nouveau genre de Diplectanidae Bychowsky, 1957 (Monogenea, Monopisthocotylea), parasite de Téléostéens marins de Madagascar. Bulletin du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle. Section A, Zoologie, biologie et écologie animales, 9(1), 145-157.
  4. ^ Leon-Regagnon, V., Pérez-Ponce de León, G., & Garcia-Prieto, L. (1997). Description of Heteroplectanum oliveri sp. n. (Monogenea: Diplectanidae) and comments on the helminth fauna of Kyphosus elegans (Perciformes: Kyphosidae) from Chamela Bay, México. Journal of the Helminthological Society of Washington, 64, 9-16.