# Microcotyle ditrematis

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{{short description|Species of worms}}
{{Speciesbox
| genus = Microcotyle
| species = ditrematis
| authority = [Yamaguti](/source/Satyu_Yamaguti), 1940
| synonyms = 
}}

'''''Microcotyle ditrematis''''' is a [species](/source/species) of [monogenea](/source/monogenea)n, [parasitic](/source/fish_parasites) on the [gills](/source/gills) of a marine [fish](/source/fish). It belongs to the family [Microcotylidae](/source/Microcotylidae).

==Hosts and localities==
The host-type is  ''[Ditrema temminckii temminckii](/source/Ditrema_temminckii_temminckii)'' ([Embiotocidae](/source/Embiotocidae)) and the type locality is off [Japan](/source/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](/source/Beryx_splendens)'' ([Berycidae](/source/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](/source/Neoditrema_ransonnetii)'' ([Embiotocidae](/source/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](/source/Ditrema_viride)'' ([Embiotocidae](/source/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](/source/Kanagawa), [Japan](/source/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](/source/Ditrema_temminckii_temminckii)'' is the type host of ''Microcotyle ditrematis''}}

== References ==
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Category:Microcotyle
Category:Animals described in 1940
Category:Parasites of fish
Category:Fauna of Japan

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