Allobenedenia | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Platyhelminthes |
Class: | Monogenea |
Order: | Capsalidea |
Family: | Capsalidae |
Genus: | Allobenedenia Yamaguti, 1963 |
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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]
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.
These species are currently recognized in the genus: [2]