WoRMS taxon details
Neobenedenia girellae (Hargis, 1955) Yamaguti, 1963
518669 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:518669)
accepted
Species
Benedenia girellae Hargis, 1955 · unaccepted (Superseded combination)
marine, brackish
Not documented
WoRMS (2026). Neobenedenia girellae (Hargis, 1955) Yamaguti, 1963. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=518669 on 2026-06-23
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Taxonomy
taxonomy source
Brazenor, A. K.; Bertozzi, T.; Miller, T. L.; Whittington, I. D.; Hutson, K. S. (2018). DNA profiling reveals Neobenedenia girellae as the primary parasitic monogenean in global fisheries and aquaculture. <em>Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.</em> 129: 130-137., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2018.05.012 [details] Available for editors 
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source of synonymy Whittington, I.; Horton, M. (1996). A revision of <i>Neobenedenia</i> Yamaguti, 1963 (Monogenea: Capsalidae) including a redescription of <i>N. melleni</i> (MacCallum, 1927) Yamaguti, 1963. <em>Journal of Natural History.</em> 30(8): 1113-1156., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222939600770611 [details]
redescription Paredes-Trujillo, A.; Hernández, D.; Vidal-Martínez, V. M. (2022). New Records of Neobenedenia girellae (Hargis, 1955) (Monogenea: Capsalidae) in Marine Ornamental Fish Imported to Yucatan, Mexico. <em>Comparative Parasitology.</em> 89(2)., available online at https://doi.org/10.1654/copa-d-22-00003 [details]
[request]source of synonymy Whittington, I.; Horton, M. (1996). A revision of <i>Neobenedenia</i> Yamaguti, 1963 (Monogenea: Capsalidae) including a redescription of <i>N. melleni</i> (MacCallum, 1927) Yamaguti, 1963. <em>Journal of Natural History.</em> 30(8): 1113-1156., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222939600770611 [details]
redescription Paredes-Trujillo, A.; Hernández, D.; Vidal-Martínez, V. M. (2022). New Records of Neobenedenia girellae (Hargis, 1955) (Monogenea: Capsalidae) in Marine Ornamental Fish Imported to Yucatan, Mexico. <em>Comparative Parasitology.</em> 89(2)., available online at https://doi.org/10.1654/copa-d-22-00003 [details]
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Grano-Maldonado, M., A. Robles-Cabrera, L. Andrade-Gomez, B. Mendoza-Garfias, M. García-Varela & G. Pérez-Ponce De Leon. (2025). Identification of the metazoan parasite fauna of the Yellowfin tuna, Thunnus albacares (Bonnaterre, 1788) (Scombridae) from off the coast of Sinaloa, in northwestern Mexico. <em>Journal of Helminthology.</em> 99:1-7. Oct 2025., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022149x25100795 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Bouguerche, C.; Boström, S. (2025). Museisamlingars stora betydelse för studier av besvärliga fiskparasiter. <em>Fauna & Flora.</em> 120(3): 24–34. [details]
additional source López-Ceseña, J. A. G.; Andrade-Gómez, L.; Mendoza-Garfias, B.; Pérez-Ponce De León, G.; Grano-Maldonado, M. I. (2026). First record of <i>Neobenedenia girellae</i> (Monogenea: Capsalidae) as the cause of mortality of yellow snappers, <i>Lutjanus argentiventris</i> , farmed in artisanal cages in the Urías Estuary, Mazatlán, Mexico. <em>Helminthologia.</em> 63(1): 72-78., available online at https://doi.org/10.2478/helm-2026-0008 [details]
[request]additional source Bouguerche, C.; Boström, S. (2025). Museisamlingars stora betydelse för studier av besvärliga fiskparasiter. <em>Fauna & Flora.</em> 120(3): 24–34. [details]
additional source López-Ceseña, J. A. G.; Andrade-Gómez, L.; Mendoza-Garfias, B.; Pérez-Ponce De León, G.; Grano-Maldonado, M. I. (2026). First record of <i>Neobenedenia girellae</i> (Monogenea: Capsalidae) as the cause of mortality of yellow snappers, <i>Lutjanus argentiventris</i> , farmed in artisanal cages in the Urías Estuary, Mazatlán, Mexico. <em>Helminthologia.</em> 63(1): 72-78., available online at https://doi.org/10.2478/helm-2026-0008 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
