| Chimaericolidae | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Platyhelminthes |
| Class: | Monogenea |
| Subclass: | Polyopisthocotylea |
| Order: | Chimaericolidea |
| Family: | Chimaericolidae Brinkmann, 19421 |
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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:
- Callorhynchicola Brinkmann, 1952 3
- Chimaericola Brinkmann, 1942 1
References
References
- Brinkmann Jr, A. (1942). On Octobothrium leptogaster FS Leuckart. Goteborgs Kungliga Vetenskaps-och Vitterhets-Samhalles Handlingar. Series B, 2(3), 1-29.
- WoRMS (2018). Chimaericolidae Brinkmann, 1942. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=119238 on 2018-02-15
- 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.