Taxon classification Animalia Dactylogyridea Diplectanidae
Pseudorhabdosynochus sulamericanus Santos, Buchmann & Gibson, 2000
Type host.
Hyporthodus niveatus (Valenciennes, 1828) [= Epinephelus niveatus ] ( Osteichthyes : Serranidae ).
Infection site.
Gills.
Type locality.
Brazil, Rio de Janeiro State, Rio de Janeiro, off Cagarras Islands (23°02'S, 43°12'W).
Holotype.
CHIOC 33985 a.
Paratypes.
CHIOC 33985 b–i .
Remarks.
Other paratype deposited in the BMNH collection.
Reference.
Santos et al. (2000).