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Acleotrema Johnston & Tiegs 1922

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Acleotrema Johnston & Tiegs, 1922

Synonymy: Heteroplectanum Rakotofiringa, Oliver & Lambert, 1987.

Diagnosis: Tegument smooth or scaled. Genital pore opening posterior to male copulatory organ (MCO). Genital atrium sclerotized [40]. Vas deferens intercaecal. MCO tubular, composed of 2 nested tubes; external tube uniform. Accessory piece absent. Prostatic reservoir simple. Accessory copulatory organ absent. Vaginal atrium muscular. Vaginal aperture marginal [38]. Squamodiscs, ventral, dorsal; anterior rows of rodlets forming divergent rows [39]. Parasites of marine perciform fishes (Carangidae, Kyphosidae, Sparidae and Toxotidae).

Type species: A. girellae Johnston & Tiegs, 1922 from Girella tricuspidata (Quoy & Gaimard) (type host), Kyphosus elegans (Peters), Kyphosus cinerascens (Forsskål), and Kyphosus vaigiensis (Quoy & Gaimard) (Kyphosidae).

Other species: A. diplobulbus (Yamaguti, 1968) Domingues & Boeger, 2007 from Kyphosus cinerascens; Acleotrema flabelliforme (Lim, 2006) n. comb. from Toxotes jaculatrix (Pallas) (Toxotidae); A. nenue (Yamaguti, 1968) Domingues & Boeger, 2007 from Kyphosus elegans, and Kyphosus cinerascens; A. nenuoides (Rakotofiringa, Oliver & Lambert, 1987) Domingues & Boeger, 2007 from Rhabdosargus sarba, and Polyamblyodon gibbosum (Pellegrin) (Sparidae); A. oliveri (Leòn-Règagnon, León & Garcia-Prieto, 1997) Domingues & Boeger, 2007 from Kyphosus elegans; A. parastromatei (Rakotofiringa, Oliver & Lambert, 1987) Domingues & Boeger, 2007 from Parastromateus niger (Bloch) (Carangidae); A. serrulopenis (Rakotofiringa, Oliver & Lambert, 1987) Domingues & Boeger, 2007 from Rhabdosargus sarba, and Polyamblyodon gibbosum; A. spiculare (Yamaguti, 1968) Domingues & Boeger, 2007 from Kyphosus cinerascens; A. tamatavense (Rakotofiringa, Oliver & Lambert, 1987) Domingues & Boeger, 2007 from Polyamblyodon gibbosum; A. yamagutii (Oliver, 1983) Domingues & Boeger, 2007 from Kyphosus cinerascens.

Remarks: Acleotrema was revised by Domingues and Boeger (2007).

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Published as part of Domingues, Marcus V. & Boeger, Walter A., 2008, Phylogeny and revision of Diplectanidae Monticelli, 1903 (Platyhelminthes: Monogenoidea), pp. 1-40 in Zootaxa 1698 on page 23, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.180750

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Biodiversity

Family
Diplectanidae
Genus
Acleotrema
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Dactylogyridea
Phylum
Platyhelminthes
Scientific name authorship
Johnston & Tiegs
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Acleotrema Johnston, 1922 sec. Domingues & Boeger, 2008

References

  • Johnston, T. H. & 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.
  • Rakotofiringa, S., Oliver, G. & Lambert, A. (1987) Heteroplectanum n. gen., un nouveau genre de Diplectanidae Bychowsky, 1957 (Monogenea, Monopisthocotylea) parasite de Teleosteens marins de Madagascar. Bulletin du Museum National d' Histoire Naturelle, Zoologie, Paris, 4 eme serie 9, Sect A (1): 145 - 157.
  • Yamaguti, S. (1968) Monogenetic Trematodes of the Hawaiian Fishes. University of Hawaii Press. 287 pp.
  • Domingues, M. V. & Boeger, W. A. (2007) The status of Acleotrema Johnston & Tiegs, 1922 and Heteroplectanum Rakotofiringa, Oliver & Lambert, 1987 (Monogenoidea: Diplectanidae), with the redescription of Acleotrema girellae Johnston & Tiegs, 1922. Systematic Parasitology, 66, 35 - 41.
  • Lim, L. H. S. (2006) Diplectanids (Monogenea) on the archerfish Toxotes jaculatrix (Pallas) (Toxotidae) off Peninsular Malaysia. Systematic Parasitology, 64, 13 - 25.
  • Leon-Regagnon, V., Perez-Ponce de Leon, G. & Garcia-Prieto, L. (1997) Description of Heteroplectanum oliveri sp. n. (Monogenea: Diplectanidae) and comments on the helminth fauna of Kyphosus elegans (Perciformes: Kyphosidae) from Chamela Bay, Mexico. Proceedings of the Helminthological Society of Washington, 64, 9 - 16.
  • Oliver, G. (1983) Diplectanum yamagutii sp. n. (Monogenea, Monopisthocotylea, Diplectanidae), parasite de Kyphosus cinerascens (Forsskal) a Hawaii. Zoologica Scripta, 12, 91 - 93.