Lethrinitrema

Lethrinitrema
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Platyhelminthes
Class: Monogenea
Order: Dactylogyridea
Family: Ancyrocephalidae
Genus: Lethrinitrema
Lim & Justine, 2011
Species

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Lethrinitrema is a genus of monogeneans belonging to the family Ancyrocephalidae. The genus was created by Susan Lim and Jean-Lou Justine in 2011 for parasites of lethrinid fish from New Caledonia. All members of the genus are parasitic on the gills of fish.

Species

The following species are considered valid according to WorRMS:

References

  1. 1 2 WoRMS (2018). Lethrinitrema Lim & Justine, 2011. Accessed at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=717367 on 2018-08-12
  2. ↑ Lim, L. H. S.; Justine, Jean-Lou (2011). "Two new species of ancyrocephalid monogeneans from Lethrinus rubrioperculatus Sato (Perciformes: Lethrinidae) off New Caledonia, with the proposal of Lethrinitrema n. g.". Systematic Parasitology. 78 (2): 123–138. doi:10.1007/s11230-010-9283-6. ISSN 0165-5752.
  3. 1 2 3 Sun, Yuan; Li, Min; Yang, Tingbao (2014). "Studies on Lethrinitrema Lim & Justine, 2011 (Monogenea: Dactylogyridae), with the description of two new species, a key to the genus and a phylogenetic analysis based on rDNA sequences". Systematic Parasitology. 88 (2): 119–139. doi:10.1007/s11230-014-9482-7. ISSN 0165-5752.