Biology:Multicalycidae

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Short description: Family of flukes

Multicalycidae
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Aspidogastrioidea
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Multicalycidae

Gibson & Chinabut, 1984[1]

Multicalycidae is a family of trematodes in the order Aspidogastrida. It consists of one genus, Multicalyx Faust & Tang, 1936.[2]

Species

  • Multicalyx cristata Faust & Tang, 1936[2]
  • Multicalyx elegans (Olsson, 1869)[3]

References

  1. Gibson, 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.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Faust, E. & Tang, C. (1936). Notes on new aspidogastrid species, with a consideration of the phylogeny of the group. Parasitology, 28(4), 487–501.
  3. Olsson, P. (1869). Nova genera parasitantia Copepodorum et Platyhelminthum. Lunds Universitets Arsskrift, 6, 1–6.

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.

Wikidata ☰ Q18193325 entry