Taxon classification Animalia Dactylogyridea Dactylogyridae
Mymarothecium boegeri Cohen & Kohn, 2005
Type host.
Colossoma macropomum (Cuvier, 1816) ( Osteichthyes : Serrasalmidae ).
Infection site.
Gills.
Type locality.
Brazil, CearĂ¡ State, Pentecoste, Aquaria of the Research Center in Aquiculture "Rodolfo von Ihering, DNOCS".
Holotype.
CHIOC 36453.
Paratypes.
CHIOC 36454, 36455, 36456, 36457.
Reference.
Cohen and Kohn (2005).