Multicalycidae is a

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of trematodes in the

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Aspidogastrida Aspidogastrida is an order of trematodes in the subclass Aspidogastrea. Families *Superfamily Aspidogastrioidea Poche, 1907Poche, F. (1907). Einige Bemerkungen zur Nomenklatur der Trematoden. ''Zoologischer Anzeiger'', 31, 124-126. **Aspidogas ...

. It consists of one

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, ''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.

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