Taxon classification Animalia Dactylogyridea Diplectanidae
Diplectanum monticelli Domingues & Boeger, 2003
Type host.
Cynoscion leairchus (Cuvier, 1830) ( Osteichthyes : Sciaenidae ).
Infection site.
Gills.
Type locality.
Brazil, Rio de Janeiro State, Itacuruçá (22°55'S, 43°55'W).
Holotype.
CHIOC 34962.
Paratypes.
CHIOC 34963 a–b , 34964 a–c .
Remarks.
Other paratypes deposited in HWML and USNPC.
Reference.
Domingues and Boeger (2003).