Taxon classification Animalia Monocotylidea Monocotylidae
Potamotrygonocotyle uruguayensis Domingues & Marques, 2007
Type host.
Potamotrygon brachyura ( Günther , 1880)
Infection site.
Gills.
Type locality.
Brazil, Rio Grande do Sul State, Porto Xavier, Uruguay River (27°54'00"S, 55°08'00"W).
Paratypes.
CHIOC 36807 a–d .
Remarks.
Domingues and Marques (2011) considered this species to be a synonym of Potamotrygonocotyle chisholmae . Holotype deposited in MZUSP. Other paratypes deposited in INPA, MZUSP, HWML and USNPC.
References.
Domingues and Marques (2007), Domingues and Marques (2011).