Chimaericolidae

Chimaericolidae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Platyhelminthes
Class: Monogenea
Subclass: Polyopisthocotylea
Order: Chimaericolidea
Family: Chimaericolidae
Brinkmann, 1942
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, 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. ↑ WoRMS (2018). Chimaericolidae Brinkmann, 1942. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=119238 on 2018-02-15
  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.