Acleotrema

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

Acleotrema
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Platyhelminthes
Class:	Monogenea
Order:	Monopisthocotylea
Family:	Diplectanidae
Genus:	Acleotrema Johnston & Tiegs, 1922
Species
See text.

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

Species

According to the World Register of Marine Species, species include:[2]

• 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) [3]
• Acleotrema oliveri (León-Régagnon, Pérez-Ponce de León & Garcia Prieto, 1997) Domingues & Boeger 2007 [4]
• 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) [3]
• Acleotrema yamagutii (Oliver, 1983)

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. WoRMS (2018). Acleotrema Johnston & Tiegs, 1922. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=517904 on 2018-08-16
3. 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.