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).