Taxon classification Animalia Dactylogyridea Dactylogyridae

Philocorydoras longus Yamada, Brandao , Yamada & Silva, 2015

Type host.

Hoplosternum littorale (Hancock, 1828) ( Osteichthyes : Callichthyidae ).

Infection site.

Gills.

Type locality.

Brazil, São Paulo State, Taquarituba, upper Paranapanema River, Jurumirim Reservoir (23°12'17"S, 49°13'19"W).

Holotype.

CHIOC 38205.

Paratype.

CHIOC 38206.

Reference.

Yamada et al. (2015).