Taxon classification Animalia Gyrodactylidea Gyrodactylidae
Phanerothecium harrisi Kritsky & Boeger, 1991
Type host.
Hypostomus plecostomus (Linnaeus, 1758) [= Plecostomus plecostomus ] ( Osteichthyes : Loricariidae ).
Infestation site.
Skin.
Type locality.
Brazil, Amazonas State, Manaus, Bairro São Jorge.
Paratype.
CHIOC 32704.
Remarks.
Holotype deposited in the INPA collection. Other paratypes deposited in BMNH, HWML, USNM and ZIAC.
Reference.
Kritsky and Boeger (1991).