''Allobenedenia'' is a genus of monopisthocotylean

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ns, included in the family

Capsalidae The Capsalidae Yamaguti, S. (1963) Systema Helminthum IV. Monogenea and Aspidocotylea. London-New York, Interscience Publishers. 699 pp. is a family of monopisthocotylean monogeneans, which includes about 200 species. The monophyly of the Capsa ...

.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 All species in this

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are parasitic on external surfaces of marine teleosts. According to Yang et al., (2004) 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: * ''

Allobenedenia convoluta ''Allobenedenia'' is a genus of monopisthocotylean monogeneans, included in the family Capsalidae.Yamaguti, S. (1963). Systema Helminthum Volume IV Monogenea and Aspidocotylea: John Wiley & Sons.WoRMS (2018). Allobenedenia Yamaguti, 1963. Access ...

'' ( Yamaguti, 1937) Yamaguti, 1963 * '' Allobenedenia dischizosepta'' (Suriano, 1975) Bagnato, Bullard & Cremonte, 2017 * '' Allobenedenia epinepheli'' ( Bychowsky& Nagibina, 1967) * '' Allobenedenia patagonica'' (Evdokimova, 1969) Yang,

Kritsky ''Kritsky'' is a genus of digeneans in the family Aporocotylidae or blood flukes.WoRMS (2018). Kritsky Orelis-Ribeiro & Bullard, 2016. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=871002 on 2018-09-23 The name of the genus ...

& Sun, 2004 * '' Allobenedenia pedunculata'' Raju & Rao, 1980 * '' Allobenedenia pseudomarginata'' (Bravo-Hollis, 1958) Yang,

& Sun, 2004 * '' Allobenedenia sebastodi'' (Egorova, 1994) Yang,

& Sun, 2004 * ''

Allobenedenia yamagutii ''Allobenedenia'' is a genus of monopisthocotylean monogeneans, included in the family Capsalidae.Yamaguti, S. (1963). Systema Helminthum Volume IV Monogenea and Aspidocotylea: John Wiley & Sons.WoRMS (2018). Allobenedenia Yamaguti, 1963. Access ...

'' (Egorova, 1994) Yang,

& Sun, 2004 * ''

Allobenedenia zhangi ''Allobenedenia'' is a genus of monopisthocotylean monogeneans, included in the family Capsalidae.Yamaguti, S. (1963). Systema Helminthum Volume IV Monogenea and Aspidocotylea: John Wiley & Sons.WoRMS (2018). Allobenedenia Yamaguti, 1963. Accesse ...

'' Yang,

& Sun, 2004

References

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