Microcotyle ditrematis

Microcotyle ditrematis is a species of monogenean, parasitic on the gills of a marine fish. It belongs to the family Microcotylidae.

Microcotyle ditrematis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Platyhelminthes
Class:	Monogenea
Order:	Mazocraeidea
Family:	Microcotylidae
Genus:	Microcotyle
Species:	M. ditrematis
Binomial name
Microcotyle ditrematis Yamaguti, 1940

Hosts and localities

The host-type is Ditrema temminckii temminckii (Embiotocidae) and the type locality is off Japan.[1] The species has been recorded since from other hosts: Beryx splendens (Berycidae),[2] Neoditrema ransonnetii (Embiotocidae) [3] and Ditrema viride (Embiotocidae)[4] off Kanagawa, Japan. [3] [4]

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  Ditrema temminckii temminckii is the type host of Microcotyle ditrematis

References

1. Yamaguti, S. (1940). Studies on the helminth fauna of Japan. Part 31. Trematodes of fishes, VII. Japanese Journal of Zoology, 9(1), 35-108.
2. 木原縁 (1960). 魚類の寄生虫. 目黒寄生虫博物館月報 14: 2–3. Kihara, M. (1960). [Parasites of fishes]. Monthly Report of the Meguro Parasitological Museum 14: 2–3. [In Japanese]).
3. 市原醇郎 (1985). 相模湾産魚介類の寄生蠕虫類（12）オキタナゴの寄生蠕虫類. 寄生虫学雑誌 34 (suppl.): 95. Ichihara, A. (1985). On the parasites of fishes and shell-fishes in Sagmi Bay (12) parasitic helrninths of Neoditrema ransonneti [sic]. Japanese Journal of Parasitology 34 (suppl.): 95. [In Japanese with English title].
4. 市原醇郎 (1986). 相模湾産魚介類の寄生蠕虫類（13）ウミタナゴとアオタナゴの寄生蠕虫類. 寄生虫学雑誌 35 (suppl.): 140. Ichihara, A. (1986). On the parasites of fishes and shell-fishes in Sagmi Bay (13) parasitic helminths of Ditrema temmincki and D. viridis. Japanese Journal of Parasitology 35 (suppl.): 140. [In Japanese with English title].