Chimaericola

Chimaericola
	Chimaericola leptogaster
Scientific classification
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:

Chimaericola colliei Beverley-Burton, Chisholm & Last, 1991 ^[3]
Chimaericola leptogaster (Leuckart, 1830) ^[1]
Chimaericola ogilbyi Beverley-Burton, Chisholm & Last, 1991 ^[3]

References

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

[Brinkmann1942-1] 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

[Beverley-BurtonChisholm1993-3] 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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