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Neobenedenia
Sign in to saveNeobenedenia is a genius of monopisthocotylean monogenean flatworm parasites.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumPlatyhelminthes
- ClassMonogenea
- OrderCapsalidea
- FamilyCapsalidae
Habitatmarine, brackish
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 10
- With media
- 5
- Family
- Capsalidae
- Collections
- USNM, CMN, NHMUK
- Recorded in
- United States, Canada, Malaysia, Puerto Rico
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Capsalidae
- Image
- Epibdella melleni (YPM IZ 094250).jpeg
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- taxon name
- Neobenedenia
- taxon rank
- genus
- Commons category
- Neobenedenia
- taxon author citation
- Yamaguti, 1963
- taxon common name
- シンハダムシ属
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Encyclopedic overview
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Neobenedenia is a genius of monopisthocotylean monogenean flatworm parasites.
The most common species, Neobenedenia melleni, causes problematic disease in public aquariums. It was named after ichthyologist Ida May Mellen (1877–1970), who worked at the New York Aquarium from 1916 to 1929.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Neobenedenia” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.