Taxon classification Animalia Monocotylidea Monocotylidae

Potamotrygonocotyle uruguayensis Domingues & Marques, 2007

Type host.

Potamotrygon brachyura ( Günther , 1880)

Infection site.

Gills.

Type locality.

Brazil, Rio Grande do Sul State, Porto Xavier, Uruguay River (27°54'00"S, 55°08'00"W).

Paratypes.

CHIOC 36807 a–d .

Remarks.

Domingues and Marques (2011) considered this species to be a synonym of Potamotrygonocotyle chisholmae . Holotype deposited in MZUSP. Other paratypes deposited in INPA, MZUSP, HWML and USNPC.

References.

Domingues and Marques (2007), Domingues and Marques (2011).