Chimaericolidae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Platyhelminthes
Class: Monogenea
Subclass: Polyopisthocotylea
Order: Chimaericolidea
Family: Chimaericolidae
Brinkmann, 1942[1]
Genera

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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,[2] only two genera are included in the family:

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. โ†‘ WoRMS (2018). Chimaericolidae Brinkmann, 1942. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=119238 on 2018-02-15
  3. โ†‘ 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): 201โ€“215. doi:10.1007/BF00010533. ISSN 0165-5752.
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