The presence of the marine leech, Stibarobdella loricata (Harding, 1924) (Hirudinea, Piscicolidae), is reported on the southern coast of Brazil, based on seven lots with 47 specimens, between 71 and 182 mm in total length, collected on Cradle Accessories the dorsal region of angel sharks, Squatina argentina Water Softener (Marini, 1930); S.guggenheim Marini, 1936; S.punctata Marini, 1936 (Chondrichthyes, Squatinidae); and on the head of a sandtiger shark, Carcharias taurus Rafinesque, 1810 (Chondrichthyes, Carchariidae).
This is the first record of S.loricata in the western Atlantic and of its parasitic association with S.argentina, S.
guggenheim, S.punctata, and C.taurus.