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Chimaerocestidae

Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumPlatyhelminthes
ClassCestoda
OrderPhyllobothriidea
FamilyChimaerocestidae
Published inWilliams, H. H., & Bray, R. A. (1984). Chimaerocestos prudhoei gen. et sp. nov., representing a new family of tetraphyllideans and the first record of strobilate tapeworms from a holocephalan. Parasitology, 88(1): 105–116. https://doi.org/10.1017/s00311
HabitatMARINE
Genera1
Species records held1
Descendant taxa (GBIF)2
GBIF key4344782

Genera in Chimaerocestidae

Source and Attribution

Taxonomic rank data on this page is drawn from the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy, doi.org/10.15468/39omei, GBIF Secretariat, licensed CC BY 4.0. Member-species counts are counts of records held in the Sanctum species index, not a claim of completeness for the family.