''Lepotrema'' is a
genus
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of
trematodes
Trematoda is a class of flatworms known as trematodes, and commonly as flukes. They are obligate internal parasites with a complex life cycle requiring at least two hosts. The intermediate host, in which asexual reproduction occurs, is a moll ...
in the
family
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Lepocreadiidae
Lepocreadiidae is a Family (biology), family of Trematoda, trematodes in the Order (biology), order Plagiorchiida.WoRMS (2018). Lepocreadiidae Odhner, 1905. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=108438 on 2018-10-17
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.
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Species of this genus are encountered in a wide range of
fish
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families in the orders
Tetraodontiformes
Tetraodontiformes (), also known as the Plectognathi, is an order of ray-finned fishes which includes the pufferfishes and related taxa. This order has been classified as a suborder of the order Perciformes, although recent studies have found ...
and
Perciformes
Perciformes (), also called the Acanthopteri, is an order or superorder of ray-finned fish in the clade Percomorpha. ''Perciformes'' means " perch-like". Among the well-known members of this group are perches and darters ( Percidae), and als ...
, with one record from a
Pleuronectiformes
A flatfish is a member of the ray-finned demersal fish suborder Pleuronectoidei, also called the Heterosomata. In many species, both eyes lie on one side of the head, one or the other migrating through or around the head during development. Som ...
.
Species
The following species are included in the genus, according to the World Register of Marine Species:
[WoRMS (2018). Lepotrema Ozaki, 1932. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=725278 on 2018-10-17]
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Lepotrema acanthochromidis''
Bray, Cutmore & Cribb, 2018
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Lepotrema adlardi''
(Bray, Cribb & Barker, 1993) Bray & Cribb, 1996
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Lepotrema amansis''
Bray, Cutmore & Cribb, 2018
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Lepotrema amblyglyphidodonis''
Bray, Cutmore & Cribb, 2018
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Lepotrema canthescheniae''
Bray & Cribb, 1996
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Lepotrema cirripectis''
Bray, Cutmore & Cribb, 2018
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Lepotrema clavatum''
Ozaki, 1932
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Lepotrema cylindricum''
(Wang, 1989) Bray, Cutmore & Cribb, 2018
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Lepotrema hemitaurichthydis''
Bray, Cutmore & Cribb, 2018
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Lepotrema incisum
''Lepotrema'' is a genus of Trematoda, trematodes in the Family (biology), family Lepocreadiidae.
Species of this genus are encountered in a wide range of fish families in the orders Tetraodontiformes and Perciformes, with one record from a Ple ...
''
(Hanson, 1955) Bray & Cribb, 1996
* ''
Lepotrema justinei''
Bray, Cutmore & Cribb, 2018
* ''
Lepotrema melichthydis''
Bray, Cutmore & Cribb, 2018
* ''
Lepotrema monile''
Bray & Cribb, 1998
* ''
Lepotrema moretonense''
Bray, Cutmore & Cribb, 2018
* ''
Lepotrema navodonis''
(Shen, 1986) Bray, Cutmore & Cribb, 2018
* ''
Lepotrema xanthichthydis''
(Yamaguti, 1970) Bray & Cribb, 1996
References
Plagiorchiida
Trematode genera
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