''Chimaericola '' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of parasitic
flatworm
Platyhelminthes (from the Greek language, Greek πλατύ, ''platy'', meaning "flat" and ἕλμινς (root: ἑλμινθ-), ''helminth-'', meaning "worm") is a Phylum (biology), phylum of relatively simple bilaterian, Segmentation (biology), ...
s in the family
Chimaericolidae. The genus was created by August Brinkmann in 1942.
Species are parasitic on the gills of
chimaera
Chimaeras are Chondrichthyes, cartilaginous fish in the order (biology), order Chimaeriformes (), known informally as ghost sharks, rat fish (not to be confused with rattails), spookfish, or rabbit fish; the last two names are also applied to B ...
s.
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.
Species
According to the World Register of Marine Species,WoR ...
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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 ''Oc ...
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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''
Beverley-Burton, Chisholm & Last, 1991
References
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Monogenea genera
Polyopisthocotylea