Two Species of Capsalid Monogeneans Infecting Cultured Humpback Grouper Cromileptes altivelis in Indonesia.

The Capsalidae (Monogenea: Monopisthocotylea): a review of diversity, classification and phylogeny with a note about species complexes

“…Kaneko et al 1988), but this requires substantiation. If outbreaks of N. melleni in aquaculture are included, its distribution extends west across the Pacific Ocean to Hawaii (Kaneko et al 1988), Japan (as N. girellae, synonymised with N. melleni by Whittington and Horton 1996), an aquaculture station in Bali (Koesharyani et al 1999) and the east coast of Australia (Deveney et al 2001). Neobenedenia melleni is also reported from a cichlid, a coryphaenid and a sparid in the Red Sea in culture facilities of the National Center for Mariculture in Eilat, Israel (Colorni 1994).…”

First published record of the pathogenic mono-genean parasite Neobenedenia melleni (Capsalidae) from Australia

“…The shape and size of the body and haptoral sclerites and the shape of the testes are important taxonomic characters that vary considerably in N. melleni (see Whittington & Horton 1996), which has led to significant problems in defining the taxon. Taxonomic difficulties remain because Ogawa et al (1995) recognised N. girellae as a species distinct from N. melleni (see also Ogawa & Yokoyama 1998, Koesharyani et al 1999 whereas Whittington & Horton (1996) synonymise N. girellae with N. melleni. The definition of N. melleni is the subject of ongoing debate.…”

“…Ogawa et al (1995) reported N. girellae from 14 species (6 families; 3 orders) of cultured marine fishes in Japan and provided strong evidence for continuous introduction of the pathogen on the unregulated importation of amberjack fry (Seriola dumerili Risso) from Hong Kong and Hainan, China. Koesharyani et al (1999) reported N. girellae (likely to be N. melleni sensu Whittington & Horton [1996], but no voucher material was deposited) from serranids in a research station in Bali. The list of wild hosts for N. melleni by Bullard et al (2000) confirms the Caribbean area as a focus for this monogenean species, adding Puerto Rico, ABSTRACT: The monogenean Neobenedenia melleni (MacCallum, 1927) Yamaguti 1963 is a well-known and virulent pathogen in culture conditions recorded from the skin of many teleost fish species worldwide.…”

Ocorrência de Neobenedenia melleni (Monogenea; Capsalidae) em Trichiurus lepturus (Perciformes; Trichiuridae), naturalmente infestados, no litoral do Rio de Janeiro, Brasil

“…Dados sobre a distribuição geográfica de N. melleni, em peixes naturalmente infestados, são escassos e abrangem a costa leste da América do Norte, Mar do Caribe, Golfo do México e Chile (WHITTINGTON; HORTON, 1996;BULLARD et al, 2000;2003;OLIVA;GONZALEZ, 2004). Quando considerados os registros de epidemias de N. melleni em peixes de cultivo, sua distribuição se estende do oeste do oceano Pacífico ao Havaí, Bali, costa oeste da Austrália, Mar Vermelho, Malásia e Indonésia (KANEKO et al, 1988;COLORNI, 1994;LEONG, 1997;KOESHARYANI et al, 1999;DEVENEY et al, 2001;RÜCKERT et al, 2008).…”