Multicalycidae is a
family
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of
trematodes
Trematoda is a class of flatworms known as flukes. They are obligate internal parasites with a complex life cycle requiring at least two hosts. The intermediate host, in which asexual reproduction occurs, is usually a snail. The definitive ...
in the
order
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Aspidogastrida
Aspidogastrida is an Order (biology), order of Trematoda, trematodes in the Class (biology)#Hierarchy of ranks, subclass Aspidogastrea.
Families
*Superfamily Aspidogastrioidea Poche, 1907Poche, F. (1907). Einige Bemerkungen zur Nomenklatur der T ...
. It consists of one
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...
, ''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
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Multicalyx cristata
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 ...
''
Faust & Tang, 1936[
*'']Multicalyx elegans
Multicalycidae is a family of trematodes in the order Aspidogastrida. It consists of one genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus cl ...
'' (Olsson, 1869)[Olsson, P. (1869). Nova genera parasitantia Copepodorum et Platyhelminthum. ''Lunds Universitets Arsskrift'', 6, 1–6.]
References
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.
Aspidogastrea
Trematode families
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