Taxon classification Animalia Mazocraeidea Plectanocotylidae

Octoplectanocotyla travassosi Carvalho & Luque, 2012

Type host.

Trichiurus lepturus

Infection site.

Gills.

Type locality.

Brazil, Rio de Janeiro State, Guanabara Bay (23°1'52"S, 43°11'56"W).

Holotype.

CHIOC 37386.

Paratypes.

CHIOC 37387 a–b , 37388 a–b .

Reference.

Carvalho and Luque (2012).