Allobenedenia
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| 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.