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Neobenedenia

Neobenedenia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Platyhelminthes
Class: Monogenea
Order: Monopisthocotylea
Family: Capsalidae
Genus: Neobenedenia

Neobenedenia is a genus of monopisthocotylean monogenean flatworm parasites.

The most common species, N. 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.


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