{{short description|Species of worms}} {{Speciesbox | genus = Microcotyle | species = ditrematis | authority = Yamaguti, 1940 | synonyms = }}
'''''Microcotyle ditrematis''''' is a species of monogenean, parasitic on the gills of a marine fish. It belongs to the family Microcotylidae.
==Hosts and localities== The host-type is ''Ditrema temminckii temminckii'' (Embiotocidae) and the type locality is off Japan.<ref name="Yamaguti1940">Yamaguti, S. (1940). Studies on the helminth fauna of Japan. Part 31. Trematodes of fishes, VII. Japanese Journal of Zoology, 9(1), 35-108.</ref> The species has been recorded since from other hosts: ''Beryx splendens'' (Berycidae),<ref name="Kihara1960">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]</ref> ''Neoditrema ransonnetii'' (Embiotocidae) <ref name="Ichihara1985">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].</ref> and ''Ditrema viride'' (Embiotocidae)<ref name="Ichihara1986">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].</ref> off Kanagawa, Japan.<ref name="Ichihara1985"/><ref name="Ichihara1986"/> {{Gallery|Naturalis Biodiversity Center - RMNH.ART.478 - Ditrema temminckii Bleeker - Kawahara Keiga - 1823 - 1829 - Siebold Collection - pencil drawing - water colour.jpeg|''Ditrema temminckii temminckii'' is the type host of ''Microcotyle ditrematis''}}
== References == {{Reflist}}
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Category:Microcotyle Category:Animals described in 1940 Category:Parasites of fish Category:Fauna of Japan
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