Lepidotrema
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Platyhelminthes |
| Class: | Monogenea |
| Order: | Dactylogyridea |
| Family: | Diplectanidae |
| Genus: | Lepidotrema Johnston & Tiegs, 1922 |
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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[edit]
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]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d e f 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.
- ^ a b c d WoRMS (2018). Lepidotrema Johnston & Tiegs, 1922. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=517966 on 2018-11-11
- ^ a b Yamaguti, S. (1934). Studies on the helminth fauna of Japan. Part 2. Trematodes of fishes, I. Japanese Journal of Zoology, 5, 249-541.
- ^ Murray, Florence V. (1931). "Gill Trematodes from some Australian Fishes". Parasitology. 23 (4): 492–506. doi:10.1017/S0031182000013883. ISSN 0031-1820. S2CID 85731699.
- ^ a b 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.