Chimaericola is a genus of parasitic flatworms in the family Chimaericolidae. The genus was created by August Brinkmann in 1942.[1] Species are parasitic on the gills of chimaeras.
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| Chimaericola leptogaster | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Platyhelminthes |
| Class: | Monogenea |
| Order: | Chimaericolidea |
| Family: | Chimaericolidae |
| Genus: | Chimaericola Brinkmann, 1942 |
Species
editAccording to the World Register of Marine Species,[2] only three species are known in this genus:
- Chimaericola colliei Beverley-Burton, Chisholm & Last, 1991 [3]
- Chimaericola leptogaster (Leuckart, 1830) [1]
- Chimaericola ogilbyi Beverley-Burton, Chisholm & Last, 1991 [3]
References
edit- ^ a b Brinkmann Jr, A. (1942). On Octobothrium leptogaster FS Leuckart. Goteborgs Kungliga Vetenskaps-och Vitterhets-Samhalles Handlingar. Series B, 2(3), 1-29.
- ^ WoRMS (2018). Chimaericola Brinkmann, 1942. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=119334 on 2018-02-15
- ^ a b Beverley-Burton, Mary; Chisholm, Leslie A.; Allison, Frances R. (1993). "The species of Callorhynchicola Brinkmann (Monogenea: Chimaericolidae) from Callorhinchus spp. (Chimaeriformes: Callorhinchidae): adult morphology and the larval haptor". Systematic Parasitology. 24 (3): 201–215. doi:10.1007/BF00010533. ISSN 0165-5752.