Multicalycidae is a

family Family (from ) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). It forms the basis for social order. Ideally, families offer predictabili ...

trematodes Trematoda is a class of flatworms known as trematodes, and commonly 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 a moll ...

in the

order Order, ORDER or Orders may refer to: * A socio-political or established or existing order, e.g. World order, Ancien Regime, Pax Britannica * Categorization, the process in which ideas and objects are recognized, differentiated, and understood ...

Aspidogastrida Aspidogastrida is an order of trematodes in the subclass Aspidogastrea The Aspidogastrea (Ancient Greek: ' “shield”, ' “stomach/pouch”) is a small group of flukes comprising about 80 species. It is a subclass of the trematoda, and ...

. It consists of one

genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...

, ''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 Multicalycidae is a family of trematodes in the order Aspidogastrida. It consists of one genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, ...

'' (Olsson, 1869)Olsson, P. (1869). Nova genera parasitantia Copepodorum et Platyhelminthum. ''Lunds Universitets Arsskrift'', 6, 1–6.

Species

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