Acleotrema is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...
of
monopisthocotylea
The Monopisthocotylea are a subclass of parasitic flatworms in the class Monogenea. WoRMS (2019). Monopisthocotylea. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=119219 on 2019-02-08
Yamaguti, S. (1963). Systema Helminthum V ...
n
monogenea
Monogeneans are a group of ectoparasitic flatworms commonly found on the skin, gills, or fins of fish. They have a direct lifecycle and do not require an intermediate host. Adults are hermaphrodites, meaning they have both male and female reprod ...
ns in the family
Diplectanidae
The Diplectanidae are a family of monopisthocotylean monogeneans. They are all parasitic on the gills of fish (marine or freshwater). Diplectanids are small animals, generally around 1 mm in length. As parasites, they can be extremely numerou ...
.
[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.][WoRMS (2018). Acleotrema Johnston & Tiegs, 1922. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=517904 on 2018-08-16] All its species are
parasites
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on fish.
The type-species is ''
Acleotrema girellae''
Johnston & Tiegs, 1922.
''Heteroplectanum''
Rakotofiringa, Oliver & Lambert, 1987 [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.] is considered a junior synonym of ''Acleotrema''.
Species
According to the World Register of Marine Species, species include:
* ''
Acleotrema diplobulbus''
( Yamaguti, 1968) Domingues & Boeger, 2007
* ''
Acleotrema flabelliforme'' (
Lim, 2006)
* ''
Acleotrema girellae''
Johnston & Tiegs, 1922
* ''
Acleotrema lamothei''
Santos, Bianchi & Gibson, 2008
* ''
Acleotrema nenue''
( Yamaguti, 1968) Dominques & Boeger, 2007
* ''
Acleotrema nenuoides''
(Rakotofiringa, Oliver & Lambert, 1987)
* ''
Acleotrema oliveri''
(León-Régagnon, Pérez-Ponce de León & Garcia Prieto, 1997) Domingues & Boeger 2007 [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.]
* ''
Acleotrema parastromatei''
(Rakotofiringa, Oliver & Lambert, 1987) Domingues & Boeger, 2007
* ''
Acleotrema serrulopenis''
(Rakotofiringa, Oliver & Lambert, 1987)
* ''
Acleotrema spiculare''
( Yamaguti, 1968)
* ''
Acleotrema tamatavense''
(Rakotofiringa, Oliver & Lambert, 1987)
* ''
Acleotrema yamagutii''
(Oliver, 1983)
References
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Diplectanidae
Monogenea genera