''Lepotrema amansis'' is a species of lepocreadiid

digenea Digenea (Gr. ''Dis'' – double, ''Genos'' – race) is a class of trematodes in the Platyhelminthes phylum, consisting of parasitic flatworms (known as ''flukes'') with a syncytial tegument and, usually, two suckers, one ventral and one oral. ...

n parasitic in the intestine of marine fish. It was described in 2018.

Hosts and localities

The broom filefish, '' Amanses scopas'' ( Tetraodontiformes: Monacanthidae) is the type-host of ''Lepotrema amansis''. The type-locality is off

Heron Island Heron Island may refer to: *Heron Island (Queensland), in Australia *Heron Island (New Brunswick), in Baie des Chaleurs, Canada * Heron Island (Quebec), in the Saint Lawrence River, Canada * Heron Island, Berkshire, on the River Thames, England * H ...

Great Barrier Reef The Great Barrier Reef is the world's largest coral reef system composed of over 2,900 individual reefs and 900 islands stretching for over over an area of approximately . The reef is located in the Coral Sea, off the coast of Queensland, ...

, Australia.

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q57414400 Plagiorchiida Animals described in 2018 Platyhelminthes of Australia Parasites of fish