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Proposal of Whittingtonocotyle n. gen. (Dactylogyroidea: Dactylogyridae), with the description of two new species from the gills of Hoplerythrinus unitaeniatus (Characiformes: Erythrinidae) in Brazil

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Santos Neto, João F., Rodrigues, Allan R. O., Domingues, Marcus V. (2015): Proposal of Whittingtonocotyle n. gen. (Dactylogyroidea: Dactylogyridae), with the description of two new species from the gills of Hoplerythrinus unitaeniatus (Characiformes: Erythrinidae) in Brazil. Zootaxa 3937 (1): 191-200, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3937.1.10

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