Lepotrema acanthochromidis

Lepotrema acanthochromidis
Lepotrema acanthochromidis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Platyhelminthes
Class: Trematoda
Order: Plagiorchiida
Family: Lepocreadiidae
Genus: Lepotrema
Species:
L. acanthochromidis
Binomial name
Lepotrema acanthochromidis
Bray, Cutmore & Cribb, 2018

Lepotrema acanthochromidis is a species of lepocreadiid digenean parasitic in the intestine of marine fish. It was described in 2018.[1]

Hosts and localities

The spiny chromis Acanthochromis polyacanthus is the type-host of Lepotrema acanthochromidis

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

  1. ^ 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. Open access icon
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