Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Platyhelminthes > Subphylum Rhabditophora > Superclass Neodermata > Class Monogenea > Subclass Monopisthocotylea > Order Dactylogyridea > Suborder Dactylogyrinea > Family Ancyrocephalidae > Genus Ligophorus

Ligophorus vanbenedenii (Parona & Perugia, 1890) Euzet & Suriano, 1977

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Ligophorus*	Euzet & Suriano, 1977	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Tetraonchus vanbenedenii*	Parona & Perugia, 1890	synonym

Literature

basis of record	Bray, R.A. (2001). Monogenea, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 142-146
additional source	Mariniello, L.; Ortis, M.; D'Amelio, S.; Petrarca, V. (2004). Morphometric variation between species of Ligophorus Euzet & Suriano, 1977 (Monogenea: Ancyrocephalidae) in the Mediterranean Sea. Systematic Parasitology. 183-190.
additional source	Mansour, A.; Sarabeev, V.; Balbuena, J. A. (2024). Checklist of monogeneans from Egyptian marine fishes, including some newly collected species. Systematic Parasitology. 101:28.
additional source	Abdybekova, A.M., A.A. Abdibayeva, N.N. Popov, A.A. Zhaksylykova, B.I. Barbol, B.Z. Bozhbanov & P.R. Torgerson. (2020). Helminth parasites of fish of the Kazakhstan sector of the Caspian Sea and associated drainage basin. Helminthologia. 57(3): 241-251.
additional source	Boukadoum, A.; Tazerouti, F. (2024(2025)). Comprehensive annotated checklist of monogenean diversity and distribution in Algerian marine fish. Systematic Parasitology. 102:13.
additional source	Dmitrieva, E. (1997). Checklist of Black Sea Monogeneans.
additional source	Mendoza-Garfias B., García-Prieto L.; Pérez-Ponce De León G. (2017). Checklist of the Monogenea (Platyhelminthes) parasitic in Mexican aquatic vertebrates. Zoosystema. 39 (4): 501-598.
additional source	Euzet, L. & Suriano, M.D. (1977). Ligophorus n. g. (Monogenea, Ancyrocephalidae) parasite de Mugilidae (Teleosteens) en Mediterranee. Bulletin du Museum Nationale d'Histoire Naturelle. Troisieme Serie 472 797-822.