Chimaericola

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Chimaericola
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Chimaericola leptogaster
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Platyhelminthes
Class: Monogenea
Order: Chimaericolidea
Family: Chimaericolidae
Genus: Chimaericola
Brinkmann, 1942

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.

Species

According to the World Register of Marine Species, [2] only three species are known in this genus:

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References

  1. 1 2 Brinkmann Jr, A. (1942). On Octobothrium leptogaster FS Leuckart. Goteborgs Kungliga Vetenskaps-och Vitterhets-Samhalles Handlingar. Series B, 2(3), 1-29.
  2. ↑ WoRMS (2018). Chimaericola Brinkmann, 1942. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=119334 on 2018-02-15
  3. 1 2 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.
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