Acleotrema Johnston & Tiegs, 1922

Domingues, Marcus V. & Boeger, Walter A., 2008, Phylogeny and revision of Diplectanidae Monticelli, 1903 (Platyhelminthes: Monogenoidea), Zootaxa 1698, pp. 1-40 : 23

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).