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.Yamaguti, S. (1940). Studies on the helminth fauna of Japan. Part 31. Trematodes of fishes, VII. Japanese Journal of Zoology, 9(1), 35-108. The species has been recorded since from other hosts: Beryx splendens (Berycidae),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] Neoditrema ransonnetii (Embiotocidae) 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]. and Ditrema viride (Embiotocidae)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]. off Kanagawa, Japan.
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