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First record of Neobenedenia girellae (Monogenea: Capsalidae) as the cause of mortality of yellow snappers, Lutjanus argentiventris, farmed in artisanal cages in the Urías Estuary, Mazatlán, Mexico Cover

First record of Neobenedenia girellae (Monogenea: Capsalidae) as the cause of mortality of yellow snappers, Lutjanus argentiventris, farmed in artisanal cages in the Urías Estuary, Mazatlán, Mexico

Helminthologia
Volume 63 (2026): Issue 1 (March 2026)
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|Jun 2026
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Fig. 1.

Neobedenia girellae, A) Photomicrograph of scanning electron microscopy (SEM) of an adult, ventral view; B) Photomicrograph of an adult specimen stained with Mayer’s paracarmine, dorsal view; C) Detail of the anterior end of a stained specimen showing a filamented egg; D) SEM of anterior end showing the attachment organs; E) SEM of posterior end showing the structure of the haptor. Scale bar = 200 μm

Fig. 2.

Maximum-likelihood phylogenetic trees (28S and cytb) showing the phylogenetic position of Neobenedenia girellae isolates from Lutjanus argentiventris in the Estero Urías, Mazatlán. Asterisks above nodes represent bootstrap support values higher than 80.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/helm-2026-0008 | Journal eISSN: 1336-9083 | Journal ISSN: 0440-6605
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Language: English
Page range: 72 - 78
Submitted on: Dec 2, 2025
Accepted on: Mar 17, 2026
Published on: Jun 15, 2026
Published by: Slovak Academy of Sciences, Institute of Parasitology
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: Volume open
Keywords:
capsalid,
Monogenea,
aquaculture,
Sinaloa,
Mexico
Related subjects:
Life sciences,
Zoology,
Ecology,
Life sciences, other,
Medicine,
Clinical medicine,
Microbiology, virology and infection epidemiology

© 2026 J. A. G. LÓPEZ-CESEÑA, L. ANDRADE-GÓMEZ, B. MENDOZA-GARFIAS, G. PÉREZ-PONCE DE LEÓN, M. I. GRANO-MALDONADO, published by Slovak Academy of Sciences, Institute of Parasitology
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

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