Multicalycidae

{{Short description|Family of flukes}}

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name=Multicalycidae|

regnum=Animalia|

phylum=Platyhelminthes|

classis=Trematoda|

ordo=Aspidogastrida|

superfamilia=Aspidogastrioidea|

familia=Multicalycidae|

familia_authority=Gibson & Chinabut, 1984Gibson, D. & Chinabut, S. (1984). Rohdella siamensis gen. et sp. nov. (Aspidogastridae: Rohdellinae subfam. nov.) from fresh water fishes in Thailand, with a reorganization of the classification of the subclass Aspidogastrea. Parasitology, 88(3), 383–393.

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Multicalycidae is a family of trematodes in the order Aspidogastrida. It consists of one genus, Multicalyx Faust & Tang, 1936.Faust, E. & Tang, C. (1936). Notes on new aspidogastrid species, with a consideration of the phylogeny of the group. Parasitology, 28(4), 487–501.

Species

  • Multicalyx cristata Faust & Tang, 1936
  • Multicalyx elegans (Olsson, 1869)Olsson, P. (1869). Nova genera parasitantia Copepodorum et Platyhelminthum. Lunds Universitets Arsskrift, 6, 1–6.

References

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Further reading

  • Thoney, D. A. & Burreson, E. M. (1988). Revision of the Multicalycidae (Aspidocotylea) with comments on postlarval development. Proceedings of the Helminthological Society of Washington, 55(1), 62–67.

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Category:Aspidogastrea

Category:Trematode families

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