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. Accessed at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=517901 on 2018-08-12 All species in this genus 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 (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
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