''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:
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Chimaericola colliei
''Chimaericola '' is a genus of parasitic flatworms in the family Chimaericolidae. The genus was created by August Brinkmann in 1942. Species are parasitic on the gills of Chimaeras
Chimaeras are cartilaginous fish in the order Chimaeriform ...
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Beverley-Burton, Chisholm & Last, 1991
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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.]
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Chimaericola ogilbyi''
Beverley-Burton, Chisholm & Last, 1991
References
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Monogenea genera