Multicalycidae

Multicalycidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Platyhelminthes
Class:	Trematoda
Order:	Aspidogastrida
Superfamily:	Aspidogastrioidea
Family:	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. 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.