Acleotrema parastromatei (Rakotofiringa, Oliver & Lambert, 1987) Domingues & Boeger, 2007

Vidal-Martinez, Victor Manuel, Soler-Jimenez, Lilia Catherinne, Aguirre-Macedo, Ma. Leopoldina, Mclaughlin, John, Jaramillo, Alejandra G., Shaw 2, Jenny C., James, Anna, Hechinger, Ryan F., Kuris, Armand M. & Lafferty, Kevin D., 2017, Monogenea of fishes from the lagoon flats of Palmyra Atoll in the Central Pacific, ZooKeys 713, pp. 1-23 : 10

Acleotrema parastromatei (Rakotofiringa, Oliver & Lambert, 1987) Domingues & Boeger, 2007

Type host.

Parastromateus niger (Bloch) ( Carangidae ).

Other host and localities.

Parastromateus niger from Madagascar ( Rakotofiringa et al. 1987).

Current host.

Kyphosus cinerascens ( Kiphoidae ) (New host).

Site infection.

Gills.

Specimens deposited.

CHCM No. 541 (paratypes) (1 slide, 2 specimen).

Prevalence and mean intensity.

50 and 50 (n=2).

Remarks.

This species was originally described as Heteroplectanum parastromatei by Rakotofiringa et al. (1987). However, Domingues and Boeger (2007) considered the genus Heteroplectanum as a junior synonym of Acleotrema . Therefore, this species was transferred to Acleotrema as A. parastromatei . It has a haptor with two squamodiscs, each consisting of 25 to 27 rows of sclerotised pieces. A. parastromatei in K. cinerasens from off Palmyra Atoll represents both a new host and a new geographical record. Only one host was found parasitised.