Lepotrema acanthochromidis
Appearance
Lepotrema acanthochromidis | |
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Lepotrema acanthochromidis | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Platyhelminthes |
Class: | Trematoda |
Order: | Plagiorchiida |
Family: | Lepocreadiidae |
Genus: | Lepotrema |
Species: | L. acanthochromidis
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Binomial name | |
Lepotrema acanthochromidis Bray, Cutmore & Cribb, 2018
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Lepotrema acanthochromidis is a species of lepocreadiid digenean parasitic in the intestine of marine fish. It was described in 2018.[1]
Hosts and localities
[edit]The spiny chromes, Acanthochromis polyacanthus (Perciformes: Pomacentridae), is the type-host of Lepotrema acanthochromidis. The type-locality is off Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia, and another locality is off Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia.
References
[edit]- ^ Bray, Rodney A.; Cutmore, Scott C.; Cribb, Thomas H. (2018). "Lepotrema Ozaki, 1932 (Lepocreadiidae: Digenea) from Indo-Pacific fishes, with the description of eight new species, characterised by morphometric and molecular features". Systematic Parasitology. 95 (8–9): 693–741. doi:10.1007/s11230-018-9821-1. ISSN 0165-5752. PMC 6223840. PMID 30324416.