Lepidotrema is a genus of monopisthocotylean monogeneans, belonging to the family Diplectanidae.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.WoRMS (2018). Lepidotrema Johnston & Tiegs, 1922. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=517966 on 2018-11-11 All its species are parasites on fish. The type-species is Lepidotrema therapon Johnston & Tiegs, 1922.
The genus Squamodiscus Yamaguti, 1934 Yamaguti, S. (1934). Studies on the helminth fauna of Japan. Part 2. Trematodes of fishes, I. Japanese Journal of Zoology, 5, 249-541. is considered a junior synonym of Lepidotrema.
Species According to the World Register of Marine Species, species include:
Lepidotrema angustum (Johnston & Tiegs, 1922) Lepidotrema bidyana Murray, 1931 Lepidotrema fuliginosum Johnston & Tiegs, 1922 Lepidotrema kuwaitense Kritsky, Jimenez-Ruiz & Sey, 2000 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. Lepidotrema longipenis (Yamaguti, 1934) Kritsky, Jiménez-Ruiz & Sey, 2000 Lepidotrema simplex (Johnston & Tiegs, 1922) Lepidotrema tenue Johnston & Tiegs, 1922 Lepidotrema therapon Johnston & Tiegs, 1922
References