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).