Allobenedenia convoluta

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Allobenedenia convoluta
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Platyhelminthes
Class: Monogenea
Order: Capsalidea
Family: Capsalidae
Genus: Allobenedenia
Species:
A. convoluta
Binomial name
Allobenedenia convoluta
(Yamaguti, 1937) Yamaguti, 1963
Synonyms
  • Allobenedenia conyoluta(Yamaguti, 1937) in Egorova (1997)
  • Benedenia convoluta(Yamaguti, 1937) Price, 1939
  • Entobdella convoluta(Yamaguti, 1937) Meserve, 1938
  • Epibdella convolutaYamaguti, 1937

Allobenedenia convoluta is a species of parasitic monogenean in the family Capsalidae. [1] It has been found in the Seto Inland Sea as well as off the coast of Kagoshima Prefecture and as far as off the coast of Xiamen. It has been found infecting the Hong Kong grouper and the convict grouper. [2]

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References

  1. WoRMS (2023). Allobenedenia convoluta (Yamaguti, 1937) Yamaguti, 1963. Accessed 2023-06-16.
  2. Yang, T.; Kritsky, D. C.; Sun, Y. (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