Taxon classification Animalia Gyrodactylidea Gyrodactylidae

Phanerothecium spinatus Boeger, Kritsky & Belmont-Jegu , 1994

Type host.

Hypostomus punctatus Valenciennes, 1840 ( Osteichthyes : Loricariidae ).

Infestation site.

Body surface.

Type locality.

Brazil, Rio de Janeiro State, Nova Iguaçú , Guandú River.

Holotype.

CHIOC 33051 a.

Paratypes.

CHIOC 33051 b–k .

Remarks.

Other paratypes deposited in the collections of HWML and USNM.

Reference.

Boeger et al. (1994).