Taxon classification Animalia Dactylogyridea Dactylogyridae

Anacanthorus contortus Cohen, Kohn & Boeger, 2012

Type host.

Salminus brasiliensis

Infection site.

Gills.

Type locality.

Brazil, Paraná State, Paraná River, below and above of the reservoir of Itaipu Hydroelectric Power Station, Guaíra (24°04'48"S, 54°15'21"W).

Holotype.

CHIOC 37662 a.

Paratypes .

CHIOC 37583, 37601 a–c, 37605, 37615, 37620 a–b, 37621 a–b, 37626, 37632, 37660 a–c, 37662 b, 37705, 37706, 37707, 37714, 37716, 37718 a–b, 37721, 37724, 37727 a–b, 37729.

Reference.

Cohen et al. (2012).