Allobenedenia
Allobenedenia is a genus of monopisthocotylean monogeneans, included in the family Capsalidae.[1][2] All species in this genus are parasitic on external surfaces of marine teleosts.[3]
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| Genus: | Allobenedenia Yamaguti, 1963 |
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According to Yang et al., (2004) [3] species of Allobenedenia are characterised by a haptor with 5 radial loculi formed by 5 radial septa; the central loculus is usually absent.
Species
These species are currently recognized in the genus:[2]
- Allobenedenia convoluta (Yamaguti, 1937) Yamaguti, 1963
- Allobenedenia dischizosepta (Suriano, 1975) Bagnato, Bullard & Cremonte, 2017
- Allobenedenia epinepheli (Bychowsky& Nagibina, 1967)
- Allobenedenia patagonica (Evdokimova, 1969) Yang, Kritsky& Sun, 2004
- Allobenedenia pedunculata Raju & Rao, 1980
- Allobenedenia pseudomarginata (Bravo-Hollis, 1958) Yang, Kritsky& Sun, 2004
- Allobenedenia sebastodi (Egorova, 1994) Yang, Kritsky& Sun, 2004
- Allobenedenia yamagutii (Egorova, 1994) Yang, Kritsky& Sun, 2004
- Allobenedenia zhangi Yang, Kritsky& Sun, 2004
References
- Yamaguti, S. (1963). Systema Helminthum Volume IV Monogenea and Aspidocotylea: John Wiley & Sons.
- WoRMS (2018). Allobenedenia Yamaguti, 1963. Accessed at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=517901 on 2018-08-12
- Yang, Tingbao; Kritsky, Delane C.; Sun, Yuan (2004). "Revision of Allobenedenia Yamaguti, 1963 (Monogenoidea: Capsalidae) with the description of A. zhangi n. sp. from Epinephelus fasciatus (Teleostei: Serranidae) in the South China Sea". Systematic Parasitology. 59 (3): 223–233. doi:10.1023/B:SYPA.0000048103.68254.9a. ISSN 0165-5752.
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