Taxon classification Animalia Dactylogyridea Dactylogyridae

* Cacatuocotyle paranaensis Boeger, Domingues & Kritsky, 1997

Type host.

Characidium lanei Travassos, 1967 ( Osteichthyes : Crenuchidae ).

Infection site.

Gills.

Type locality.

Brazil, Paraná State, Antonina, Cacatu River.

Holotype.

CHIOC 33682 a.

Paratypes.

CHIOC 33683 a–b , 33684 a–e , 33685 a–d .

Remarks.

All paratypes were collected from Cacatuocotyle pterostictum Gomes, 1947, except CHIOC 33685 b, which was collected from the type host. Other paratypes deposited in HWML and USNPC.

Reference.

Boeger et al. (1997).