''Chimaericola '' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...
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, unsegme ...
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.
Genera
According to the World Register of Marine Species,WoRMS (2018). Chimaericolidae Brink ...
. 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
''Chimaericola leptogaster'' is a species of polyopisthocotylean monogenean in the family Chimaericolidae. It is ectoparasitic on the gills of the chimaera ''Chimaera monstrosa''.
History
According to Brinkmann,Brinkmann Jr, A. (1942). On '' ...
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(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
''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.
Species
According to the World Register of Marine Species,WoR ...
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Beverley-Burton, Chisholm & Last, 1991
References
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Monogenea genera