Taxon classification Animalia Dactylogyridea Dactylogyridae

Demidospermus paranaensis Ferrari-Hoeinghaus, Bellay, Takemoto & Pavanelli, 2010

Type host.

Loricariichthys platymetopon Isbrücker & Nijssen, 1979 ( Osteichthyes : Loricariidae ).

Infection site.

Gill filaments.

Type locality.

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

Holotype.

CHIOC 37255 a.

Paratypes.

CHIOC 37255 b–e .

Reference.

Ferrari-Hoeinghaus et al. (2010).