Acleotrema
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| Acleotrema | |
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Platyhelminthes |
| Class: | Monogenea |
| Order: | Dactylogyridea |
| Family: | Diplectanidae |
| Genus: | Acleotrema Johnston & Tiegs, 1922 |
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Acleotrema is a genus of monopisthocotylean monogeneans in the family Diplectanidae.[1][2] All its species are parasites on fish.[2] The type-species is Acleotrema girellae Johnston & Tiegs, 1922.
Heteroplectanum Rakotofiringa, Oliver & Lambert, 1987 [3] is considered a junior synonym of Acleotrema.[2]