joanae, Ceratobranchia Chernoff [B.] & Machado-Allison [A.] 1990:286, Figs. 22-23 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 142; ref. 19495] Río Maniapure at crossing of Caicara-Puerto Ayacucho highway, 6°55'48"N, 66°33'22"W, Estado Bolívar, Venezuela [probably 6°55'34.7"N, 66°33'34.8"W]. Holotype: MBUCV-V-18616 [ex ANSP 159214]. Paratypes: ANSP 159215 (1). Type catalog: Provenzano et al. 1998:5 [ref. 24196]. •Valid as Ceratobranchia joanae Chernoff & Machado-Allison 1990 -- (Silva in Reis et al. 2003:121 [ref. 27061], Thomaz et al. 2015:Add. 5 [ref. 33893], DoNascimiento et al. 2017:58 [ref. 35633], Netto-Ferreira 2024:125 [ref. 40817]). Current status: Valid as Ceratobranchia joanae Chernoff & Machado-Allison 1990. Stevardiidae: Diapominae. Distribution: South America: Orinoco River basin, Venezuela and Colombia. Habitat: freshwater.