Taxon classification Animalia Gyrodactylidea Gyrodactylidae

Nothogyrodactylus amazonicus Kritsky & Boeger, 1991

Type host.

Ancistrus sp. ( Osteichthyes : Loricariidae ).

Infestation site.

Skin.

Type locality.

Brazil, Amazonas State, Manaus, Bairro São Jorge.

Paratype.

CHIOC 32706.

Remarks.

Holotype deposited in the INPA collection. Other paratypes deposited in BMNH, HWML, USNM and ZIAC.

Reference.

Kritsky and Boeger (1991).