Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Platyhelminthes > Subphylum Rhabditophora > Superclass Neodermata > Class Trematoda > Subclass Aspidogastrea > Order Aspidogastrida > Superfamily Aspidogastrioidea > Family Multicalycidae > Genus Multicalyx

Multicalyx elegans (Olsson, 1869) Thoney & Burreson, 1988

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Multicalyx*	Faust & Tang, 1936	accepted genus name
*Macraspis*	Olsson, 1869	synonym

Species group names

*Macraspis elegans*	Olsson, 1869	synonym

Literature

basis of record	Gibson, D.I. (2001). Aspidogastrea, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 136
additional source	Kohn, A.; Fernandes, B.M.M.; Cohen, S.C. (2007). South American trematode parasites of fishes. CNPq, FIOCRUZ. 318 pp.
additional source	Alves, P. V.; Vieira, F. M.; Santos, C. P.; Scholz, T.; Luque, J. L. (2015). A Checklist of the Aspidogastrea (Platyhelminthes: Trematoda) of the World. Zootaxa. 3918(3): 339.
additional source	van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO).
redescription	Shvetsova, L. S. (1994). Trematodes of cartilaginous fishes of the Pacific Ocean. Izvestiya Tikhookeanskogo Nauchno-Issledovatel'skogo Instituta Rybnogo Khozyaistva i Okeanografii. 117: 46–64. (In Russian).
new combination reference	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.
taxonomy source	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.