Lepidotrema

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.

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

The genus Squamodiscus Yamaguti, 1934 [3] is considered a junior synonym of Lepidotrema.[2]

Species

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

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). Lepidotrema Johnston & Tiegs, 1922. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=517966 on 2018-11-11
3. Yamaguti, S. (1934). Studies on the helminth fauna of Japan. Part 2. Trematodes of fishes, I. Japanese Journal of Zoology, 5, 249-541.
4. Murray, Florence V. (1931). "Gill Trematodes from some Australian Fishes". Parasitology. 23 (04): 492. doi:10.1017/S0031182000013883. ISSN 0031-1820.
5. 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.