Subfamily Benedeniinae Johnston, 1931
Introduction
The subfamily Benedeniinae traditionally characterised by an aseptate haptor, 2 juxtaposed testes and anterior attachment organs in the form of paired discs, commonly infect the skin and gills of teleost fishes (Whittington, 2004).
The subfamily is represented in Australia by five genera: Benedenia Diesing, 1858 (8 species); Dioncopseudobenedenia Yamaguti, 1965 (1 species); Metabenedeniella Yamaguti, 1958 (1 species); Neobenedenia Yamaguti, 1963 (1 species); Trimusculotrema Whittington & Kearn, 1990 (2 species). It is likely that Trimuscuoltrema is misplaced and probably should be reassigned to the Entobdellinae Bychowsky, 1957. The reports of 13 benedeniines on Australian fishes is probably a huge under-estimate of the true number species present on Australian fishes.
Diagnosis References
Johnston, T.H. 1931. New trematodes from the Subantarctic and Antarctic. Australian Journal of Experimental Biology and Medical Science 8(2): 91-98
Whittington, I.W., Deveney, M.R. & Wyborn, S.J. 2001. A revision of Benedenia Diesing, 1858 including a redescription of B. sciaenae (van Beneden, 1856) Odhner, 1905 and recognition of Menziesia Gibson, 1976 (Monogenea: Capsalidae). Journal of Natural History 35(5): 663-777
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |