specimens collected from the gills of the spotted rose snapper Lutjanus guttatus
(Steindachner) off Mazatlan, Sinaloa, on the northwestern coast of Mexico. The
synapomorphy of this genus is the presence of a funnel-shaped base of the male copulatory
organ. This new species differs from all other species of the genus by possessing a male
copulatory organ with a base with a thickened margin and a membranous accessory piece …