Chimaericola

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.

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

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]