''Chimaericola '' is a
genus of parasitic
flatworm
The flatworms, flat worms, Platyhelminthes, or platyhelminths (from the Greek πλατύ, ''platy'', meaning "flat" and ἕλμινς (root: ἑλμινθ-), ''helminth-'', meaning "worm") are a phylum of relatively simple bilaterian, unsegment ...
s in the family
Chimaericolidae
Chimaericolidae is a family of monogenean parasites. The family was named by Brinkmann in 1942.
Species of Chimaericolidae are parasites of Chimaeras
Chimaeras are cartilaginous fish in the order Chimaeriformes , known informally as ghost sh ...
. The genus was created by August Brinkmann in 1942.
Species are parasitic on the gills of
Chimaeras
Chimaeras are cartilaginous fish in the order Chimaeriformes , known informally as ghost sharks, rat fish, spookfish, or rabbit fish; the last three names are not to be confused with rattails, Opisthoproctidae, or Siganidae, respectively.
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Species
According to the World Register of Marine Species,
[WoRMS (2018). Chimaericola Brinkmann, 1942. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=119334 on 2018-02-15] only three species are known in this genus:
* ''
Chimaericola colliei''
Beverley-Burton, Chisholm & Last, 1991
* ''
Chimaericola leptogaster''
(Leuckart, 1830) [Brinkmann Jr, A. (1942). On ''Octobothrium leptogaster'' FS Leuckart. Goteborgs Kungliga Vetenskaps-och Vitterhets-Samhalles Handlingar. Series B, 2(3), 1-29.]
* ''
Chimaericola ogilbyi''
Beverley-Burton, Chisholm & Last, 1991
References
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Monogenea genera