Taxon classification Animalia Mazocraeidea Heteraxinidae

Probursata brasiliensis Takemoto, Amato & Luque, 1993

Type host.

Oligoplites palometa

Infection site.

Gill filaments.

Type locality.

Brazil, Rio de Janeiro State, Sepetiba Bay, Itacuruçá (22°61'S, 43°56'W).

Holotype.

CHIOC 33069.

Paratypes.

CHIOC 33053 a–b , 33054, 33055, 33056, 33057.

Remarks.

Other paratypes deposited in the USNM collection.

Reference.

Takemoto et al. (1993).