Taxon classification Animalia Capsalidea Capsalidae
Caballerocotyla lenti Mogrovejo & Santos, 2002
Type host.
Auxis thazard ( Lacépède , 1800) ( Osteichthyes : Scombridae ).
Infection site.
Gills.
Type locality.
Brazil, coastal zone of Rio de Janeiro State (22°55'S, 40°18'W).
Holotype.
CHIOC 34938.
Paratypes.
CHIOC 34939, 34940, 34941.
Remarks.
The species is referred to as Caballerocotyla magronum (Ishii, 1936) by Cohen et al. (2013). Gibson and Bray (2016) consider the species to be a synonym of Capsala magronum (Ishii, 1936).
References.
Mogrovejo and Santos (2002), Gibson and Bray (2016).