Pleurodirotrema, Preez & Domingues & Verneau, 2022

Preez, Louis Heyns du, Domingues, Marcus Vinícius & Verneau, Olivier, 2022, Classification of pleurodire polystomes (Platyhelminthes, Monogenea, Polystomatidae) revisited with the description of two new genera from the Australian and Neotropical Realms, International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife 19, pp. 180-186 : 185

4.2.1. Genus: Pleurodirotrema n. g

4.2.1.1. Generic characteristics. Polystomatidae . Polystomoidinae . Mouth with false oral sucker subterminal. Muscular pharynx. Intestinal caeca extending full length of body proper, not confluent posteriorly. Testis single, compact equatorial. Ovary pretesticular, small. Vitellaria throughout most of body proper, not extending into haptor. Vaginae latero-ventral in line with anterior margin of testis. Uterus absent. Haptor without hamuli. Skeletal elements in suckers arranged as ring of blocks. Sucker type III. Parasitic in urinary bladder and oral region of pleurodires of Australian Realm.

4.2.1.2. Taxonomic summary. Ethymology: Refers to the turtle sub-order Pleurodira .

Type species: Pleurodirotrema chelodinae (MacCallum, 1918) n. comb.

Synonyms: Polystoma chelodinae MacCallum, 1918 ; Neopolystoma chelodinae Price, 1939 .

Site of infection: urinary bladder.

Other species: Pleurodirotrema kreffti (Rohde, 1984) n. comb. Synonym: Neopolystoma kreffti Rohde, 1984 . Site of infection: oral cavity; Pleurodirotrema macleayi (Rohde, 1984) n. comb. Synonym: Neopolystoma macleayi Rohde, 1984 . Site of infection: urinary bladder; Pleurodirotrema novaeguineae (Fairfax, 1990) n. comb. Synonym: Neopolystoma novaeguineae Fairfax, 1990 . Site of infection: oral cavity.