WoRMS taxon details
Neobenedenia melleni (MacCallum, 1927) Yamaguti, 1963
518673 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:518673)
accepted
Species
Epibdella melleni MacCallum, 1927 · unaccepted (Superseded combination)
Megalobeobenedenia melleni (MacCallum) · unaccepted (Lapsus for Megalobenedenia or...)
Lapsus for Megalobenedenia or Neobenedenia
marine
Not documented
WoRMS (2025). Neobenedenia melleni (MacCallum, 1927) Yamaguti, 1963. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=518673 on 2025-04-02
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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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redescription 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]
[request]redescription 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]
Other
additional source
Nitta, M.; Nagasawa, K. (2018). An annotated checklist of the monogeneans (Platyhelminthes) reported from Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan (1936–2017), with four new Japanese records and one new prefectural record for fish monogeneans. <em>Fauna Ryukyuana.</em> 46, 11-34. [details]
additional source Rodríguez-Santiago, M.A., J.A. Rosales-Cásian, M.I. Grano-Maldonado, J.A. Vázquez-Caballero, S.M. Laffon-Leal & E. Nuñez-Lara. (2020). Parasitological records of eight rockfish species (Scorpaeniformes: Scorpaenidae) from Pacific Baja California, Mexico. <em>Pacific Science.</em> 74 (4): 395–403. Oct 2020., available online at https://doi.org/10.2984/74.4.7
note: Also listed as Megalobeobenedenia melleni [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Ravi, R.; Yahaya, Z. S. (2016). Neobenedenia melleni parasite of Red Snapper,Lutjanus erythropterus, with Regression Statistical Analysis between Fish Length, Temperature, and Parasitic Intensity in Infected Fish, Cultured at Jerejak Island, Penang, Malaysia. <em>Journal of Parasitology Research.</em> 2016: 1-8., available online at https://doi.org/10.1155/2016/1946283 [details]
additional source Mendoza-Garfias B., García-Prieto L.; Pérez-Ponce De León G. (2017). Checklist of the Monogenea (Platyhelminthes) parasitic in Mexican aquatic vertebrates. <em>Zoosystema.</em> 39 (4): 501-598., available online at https://doi.org/10.5252/z2017n4a5 [details]
additional source Cohen, S.C.; Justo, M.C.N.; Kohn, A. (2013). South American Monogenoidea parasites of fishes, amphibians and reptiles. <em>FioCruz, Rio de Janeiro.</em> 662 pp. [details]
additional source Nguyen, H. H.; Nguyen, V. H.; Ha, D. N. (2020). An updated list of monogenoidea from marine fishes of Vietnam. <em>Academia Journal of Biology.</em> 42(2), 1-27., available online at https://doi.org/10.15625/2615-9023/v42n2.14819 [details]
biology source Martins, M. L.; De Souza, A. P.; Lessa, J. G. M.; Brasil, E. M.; Magnotti, C.; Tsuzuki, M. Y.; Dutra, S. A. P. (2024). The cleaner fish Elacatinus figaro can control the monogenean Neobenedenia melleni, an ectoparasite of Lebranche mullet Mugil liza and does not decrease the hematological response. <em>Journal of Parasitic Diseases.</em> , available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s12639-024-01775-y [details]
additional source Rodríguez-Santiago, M.A., J.A. Rosales-Cásian, M.I. Grano-Maldonado, J.A. Vázquez-Caballero, S.M. Laffon-Leal & E. Nuñez-Lara. (2020). Parasitological records of eight rockfish species (Scorpaeniformes: Scorpaenidae) from Pacific Baja California, Mexico. <em>Pacific Science.</em> 74 (4): 395–403. Oct 2020., available online at https://doi.org/10.2984/74.4.7
note: Also listed as Megalobeobenedenia melleni [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Ravi, R.; Yahaya, Z. S. (2016). Neobenedenia melleni parasite of Red Snapper,Lutjanus erythropterus, with Regression Statistical Analysis between Fish Length, Temperature, and Parasitic Intensity in Infected Fish, Cultured at Jerejak Island, Penang, Malaysia. <em>Journal of Parasitology Research.</em> 2016: 1-8., available online at https://doi.org/10.1155/2016/1946283 [details]
additional source Mendoza-Garfias B., García-Prieto L.; Pérez-Ponce De León G. (2017). Checklist of the Monogenea (Platyhelminthes) parasitic in Mexican aquatic vertebrates. <em>Zoosystema.</em> 39 (4): 501-598., available online at https://doi.org/10.5252/z2017n4a5 [details]
additional source Cohen, S.C.; Justo, M.C.N.; Kohn, A. (2013). South American Monogenoidea parasites of fishes, amphibians and reptiles. <em>FioCruz, Rio de Janeiro.</em> 662 pp. [details]
additional source Nguyen, H. H.; Nguyen, V. H.; Ha, D. N. (2020). An updated list of monogenoidea from marine fishes of Vietnam. <em>Academia Journal of Biology.</em> 42(2), 1-27., available online at https://doi.org/10.15625/2615-9023/v42n2.14819 [details]
biology source Martins, M. L.; De Souza, A. P.; Lessa, J. G. M.; Brasil, E. M.; Magnotti, C.; Tsuzuki, M. Y.; Dutra, S. A. P. (2024). The cleaner fish Elacatinus figaro can control the monogenean Neobenedenia melleni, an ectoparasite of Lebranche mullet Mugil liza and does not decrease the hematological response. <em>Journal of Parasitic Diseases.</em> , available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s12639-024-01775-y [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Epibdella melleni MacCallum, 1927)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Neobenedenia melleni)
To GenBank (6837 nucleotides; 64 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Platyhelminthes Collection (1 record) (from synonym Epibdella melleni MacCallum, 1927)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Platyhelminthes Collection (18 records)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 094250) (from synonym Epibdella melleni MacCallum, 1927)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 097930)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Epibdella melleni MacCallum, 1927)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Neobenedenia melleni)
To GenBank (6837 nucleotides; 64 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Platyhelminthes Collection (1 record) (from synonym Epibdella melleni MacCallum, 1927)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Platyhelminthes Collection (18 records)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 094250) (from synonym Epibdella melleni MacCallum, 1927)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 097930)
To ITIS
Unreviewed
Hosted externally, from synonym
