Lepotrema Explained
Lepotrema is a genus of trematodes in the family Lepocreadiidae.[1]
Species of this genus are encountered in a wide range of fish families in the orders Tetraodontiformes and Perciformes, with one record from a Pleuronectiformes.[1]
Species
The following species are included in the genus, according to the World Register of Marine Species:[2]
- Lepotrema acanthochromidis Bray, Cutmore & Cribb, 2018 [1]
- Lepotrema adlardi (Bray, Cribb & Barker, 1993) Bray & Cribb, 1996
- Lepotrema amansis Bray, Cutmore & Cribb, 2018 [1]
- Lepotrema amblyglyphidodonis Bray, Cutmore & Cribb, 2018 [1]
- Lepotrema canthescheniae Bray & Cribb, 1996
- Lepotrema cirripectis Bray, Cutmore & Cribb, 2018 [1]
- Lepotrema clavatum Ozaki, 1932
- Lepotrema cylindricum (Wang, 1989) Bray, Cutmore & Cribb, 2018 [1]
- Lepotrema hemitaurichthydis Bray, Cutmore & Cribb, 2018 [1]
- Lepotrema incisum (Hanson, 1955) Bray & Cribb, 1996
- Lepotrema justinei Bray, Cutmore & Cribb, 2018 [1]
- Lepotrema melichthydis Bray, Cutmore & Cribb, 2018 [1]
- Lepotrema monile Bray & Cribb, 1998
- Lepotrema moretonense Bray, Cutmore & Cribb, 2018 [1]
- Lepotrema navodonis (Shen, 1986) Bray, Cutmore & Cribb, 2018 [1]
- Lepotrema xanthichthydis (Yamaguti, 1970) Bray & Cribb, 1996 [1]
Notes and References
- Bray. Rodney A.. Cutmore. Scott C.. Cribb. Thomas H.. Lepotrema Ozaki, 1932 (Lepocreadiidae: Digenea) from Indo-Pacific fishes, with the description of eight new species, characterised by morphometric and molecular features. Systematic Parasitology. 2018. 0165-5752. 10.1007/s11230-018-9821-1. 6223840. 30324416. 95. 8–9 . 693–741.
- WoRMS (2018). Lepotrema Ozaki, 1932. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=725278 on 2018-10-17
