Taxon classification Animalia Dactylogyridea Dactylogyridae

Anacanthorus contortus Cohen, Kohn & Boeger, 2012

Type host.

Salminus brasiliensis

Infection site.

Gills.

Type locality.

Brazil, Paraná State, Paraná River, below and above of the reservoir of Itaipu Hydroelectric Power Station, Guaíra (24°04'48"S, 54°15'21"W).

Holotype.

CHIOC 37662 a.

Paratypes .

CHIOC 37583, 37601 a–c , 37605, 37615, 37620 a–b , 37621 a–b , 37626, 37632, 37660 a–c , 37662 b, 37705, 37706, 37707, 37714, 37716, 37718 a–b , 37721, 37724, 37727 a–b , 37729.

Reference.

Cohen et al. (2012).