Microcotyle ditrematis

Microcotyle ditrematis is a species of monogenean, parasitic on the gills of a marine fish. It belongs to the family Microcotylidae.

Microcotyle ditrematis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Platyhelminthes
Class: Monogenea
Order: Mazocraeidea
Family: Microcotylidae
Genus: Microcotyle
Species:
M. ditrematis
Binomial name
Microcotyle ditrematis
Yamaguti, 1940

Hosts and localities

The host-type is Ditrema temminckii temminckii (Embiotocidae) and the type locality is off Japan.[1] The species has been recorded since from other hosts: Beryx splendens (Berycidae),[2] Neoditrema ransonnetii (Embiotocidae) [3] and Ditrema viride (Embiotocidae)[4] off Kanagawa, Japan. [3] [4]

  • Ditrema temminckii temminckii is the type host of Microcotyle ditrematis
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References
  1. Yamaguti, S. (1940). Studies on the helminth fauna of Japan. Part 31. Trematodes of fishes, VII. Japanese Journal of Zoology, 9(1), 35-108.
  2. 木原縁 (1960). 魚類の寄生虫. 目黒寄生虫博物館月報 14: 2–3. Kihara, M. (1960). [Parasites of fishes]. Monthly Report of the Meguro Parasitological Museum 14: 2–3. [In Japanese]).
  3. 市原醇郎 (1985). 相模湾産魚介類の寄生蠕虫類（12）オキタナゴの寄生蠕虫類. 寄生虫学雑誌 34 (suppl.): 95. Ichihara, A. (1985). On the parasites of fishes and shell-fishes in Sagmi Bay (12) parasitic helrninths of Neoditrema ransonneti [sic]. Japanese Journal of Parasitology 34 (suppl.): 95. [In Japanese with English title].
  4. 市原醇郎 (1986). 相模湾産魚介類の寄生蠕虫類（13）ウミタナゴとアオタナゴの寄生蠕虫類. 寄生虫学雑誌 35 (suppl.): 140. Ichihara, A. (1986). On the parasites of fishes and shell-fishes in Sagmi Bay (13) parasitic helminths of Ditrema temmincki and D. viridis. Japanese Journal of Parasitology 35 (suppl.): 140. [In Japanese with English title].


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