Taxon classification Animalia Dactylogyridea Dactylogyridae

Pseudempleurosoma gibsoni Santos, Mourao & Cardenas , 2001

Type host.

Paralonchurus brasiliensis (Steindachner, 1875) ( Osteichthyes : Sciaenidae ).

Infection site.

Oesophagous.

Type locality.

Brazil, São Paulo State, off Ubatuba (23°35'S, 045°06'W).

Holotype.

CHIOC 34337 a.

Paratypes.

CHIOC 34337 b–e , 34338 a–b .

Reference.

Santos et al. (2001).