“…In Brazil, an epibiont relation was described between Epistylis sp. and some ectoparasitic crustaceans such as: Amplexibranchius bryconis Thatcher & Paredes, 1985 (Copepoda, Ergasilidae), in Prochilodus lineatus (Valenciennes, 1837) (Characiformes, Prochilodontidae) from the Peixe's River (ABDALLAH et al, 2011); Ergasilus chelangulatus Thatcher and Brasil-Sato, 2008 (Copepoda, Ergasilidae), in Pimelodus maculatus Lacépède, 1803 (Siluriformes, Pimelodidae) from the Veados River (AZEVEDO et al, 2014); Argulus sp. (Crustacea, Branchiura), in Hoplias aimara (Valenciennes, 1847) (Characiformes, Erythrinidae) from the Amazon Basin (CORRÊA et al, 2016).…”