Taxon classification Animalia Dactylogyridea Dactylogyridae

Demidospermus araguaiaensis Cepeda & Luque, 2010

Type host.

Brachyplatystoma filamentosum (Lichtenstein, 1819) ( Osteichthyes : Pimelodidae ).

Infection site.

Gill lamellae.

Type locality.

Brazil, Mato Grosso State, Araguaia River (13°23'07.3"S, 50°39'58.1"W).

Holotype.

CHIOC 37326.

Paratype.

CHIOC 37327.

Remarks.

Other paratype deposited in the INPA collection.

Reference.

Cepeda and Luque (2010).