Taxon classification Animalia Dactylogyridea Dactylogyridae

Demidospermus mandi Franca , Isaac, Pavanelli & Takemoto, 2003

Type host.

Iheringichthys labrosus

Infection site.

Gills.

Type locality.

Brazil, upper Paraná River floodplain (22°43'S, 53°10'W).

Holotype.

CHIOC 34586 a.

Paratypes.

CHIOC 34586 b, 34589, 34590, 34591, 34592, 34593 a–b .

Remarks.

Some authors considered the species to be a synonym of Demidospermus leptosynophallus Kritsky & Gutiérrez , 1998 (Cohen and Kohn 2008a, Monteiro et al. 2010a). Takemoto et al. (2009) referred to it as Demidospermus mandi .

References.

França et al. (2003), Cohen and Kohn (2008a), Takemoto et al. (2009), Monteiro et al. (2010a).