WoRMS taxon details
Multicalyx cristata Faust & Tang, 1936
366400 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:366400)
accepted
Species
Macraspis (Multicalyx) cristata (Faust & Tang, 1936) · unaccepted (Superseded combination)
Macraspis cristata (Faust & Tang, 1936) · unaccepted (Superseded combination)
Multicalyx multicristatus Parukhin & Tkachuk, 1980 · unaccepted (Synonym)
Stichocotyle (Multicalyx) cristata Faust & Tang, 1936 · unaccepted (Superseded combination)
Stichocotyle cristata Faust & Tang, 1936 · unaccepted (Superseded combination)
Taeniocotyle cristata (Faust & Tang, 1936) · unaccepted (Superseded combination)
marine
(of Stichocotyle cristata Faust & Tang, 1936) Faust, E. C.; Tang, C.-C. (1936). Notes on new aspidogastrid species, with a consideration of the physiology of the group. <em>Parasitology.</em> 28 (4): 487–501., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0031182000022678
page(s): 492 [details]
(of Stichocotyle (Multicalyx) cristata Faust & Tang, 1936) Faust, E. C.; Tang, C.-C. (1936). Notes on new aspidogastrid species, with a consideration of the physiology of the group. <em>Parasitology.</em> 28 (4): 487–501., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0031182000022678 [details]
page(s): 492 [details]
(of Stichocotyle (Multicalyx) cristata Faust & Tang, 1936) Faust, E. C.; Tang, C.-C. (1936). Notes on new aspidogastrid species, with a consideration of the physiology of the group. <em>Parasitology.</em> 28 (4): 487–501., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0031182000022678 [details]
Type locality contained in Northern Gulf of Mexico
type locality contained in Northern Gulf of Mexico [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Taxonomic remark Malformed suffix. Should have been changed to cristatus when transferred to the genus Multicalyx from the genus...
Taxonomic remark Malformed suffix. Should have been changed to cristatus when transferred to the genus Multicalyx from the genus Stichocotyle. DIG [details]
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Stichocotyle cristata Faust & Tang, 1936) Faust, E. C.; Tang, C.-C. (1936). Notes on new aspidogastrid species, with a consideration of the physiology of the group. <em>Parasitology.</em> 28 (4): 487–501., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0031182000022678
page(s): 492 [details]
original description (of Stichocotyle (Multicalyx) cristata Faust & Tang, 1936) Faust, E. C.; Tang, C.-C. (1936). Notes on new aspidogastrid species, with a consideration of the physiology of the group. <em>Parasitology.</em> 28 (4): 487–501., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0031182000022678 [details]
original description (of Multicalyx multicristatus Parukhin & Tkachuk, 1980) Parukhin, A. M., & Tkachuk, L. P. (1980). New species of trematodes from fish in the Indian Ocean. <em>In Nauchnye Doklady Vysshei Shkoly, Biologicheskie Nauki.</em> 6(198): 41-44.
page(s): 41 [details]
basis of record van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details]
page(s): 492 [details]
original description (of Stichocotyle (Multicalyx) cristata Faust & Tang, 1936) Faust, E. C.; Tang, C.-C. (1936). Notes on new aspidogastrid species, with a consideration of the physiology of the group. <em>Parasitology.</em> 28 (4): 487–501., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0031182000022678 [details]
original description (of Multicalyx multicristatus Parukhin & Tkachuk, 1980) Parukhin, A. M., & Tkachuk, L. P. (1980). New species of trematodes from fish in the Indian Ocean. <em>In Nauchnye Doklady Vysshei Shkoly, Biologicheskie Nauki.</em> 6(198): 41-44.
page(s): 41 [details]
basis of record van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details]
Taxonomy
taxonomy source
Thoney, D. A.; Burreson, E. M. (1988). Revision of the Multicalycidae (Aspidocotylea) with comments on postlarval development. <em>Proceedings of the Helminthological Society of Washington.</em> 55 (1): 62–67.
page(s): 64 [details]
redescription Thoney, D. A., Burreson, E. M. (1987). Morphology and development of the adult and cotylocidium of Multicalyx cristata (Aspidocotylea), a gall bladder parasite of elasmobranchs. <em>Proceedings of the Helminthological Society of Washington.</em> 54 (1): 96–104.
page(s): 97 [details]
redescription Skrjabin, K. I. (1952). Trematode subclass Aspidogastrea Faust et Tang, 1936. <em>Osnovy Trematodologii.</em> 6: 6–149. (In Russian).
page(s): 141 [details]
redescription Hendrix, S. S.; Overstreet, R. M. (1977). Marine aspidogastrids (Trematoda) from fishes in the Northern Gulf of Mexico. <em>Journal of Parasitology.</em> 63 (5): 810–817., available online at https://doi.org/10.2307/3279883
page(s): 815 [details]
redescription Bray, R. A. (1984). Some helminth parasites of marine fishes and cephalopods of South Africa: Aspidogastrea and the digenean families Bucephalidae, Haplosplanchnidae, Mesometridae and Fellodistomidae. <em>Journal of Natural History.</em> 18, 271–292., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222938400770211
page(s): 273 [details]
page(s): 64 [details]
redescription Thoney, D. A., Burreson, E. M. (1987). Morphology and development of the adult and cotylocidium of Multicalyx cristata (Aspidocotylea), a gall bladder parasite of elasmobranchs. <em>Proceedings of the Helminthological Society of Washington.</em> 54 (1): 96–104.
page(s): 97 [details]
redescription Skrjabin, K. I. (1952). Trematode subclass Aspidogastrea Faust et Tang, 1936. <em>Osnovy Trematodologii.</em> 6: 6–149. (In Russian).
page(s): 141 [details]
redescription Hendrix, S. S.; Overstreet, R. M. (1977). Marine aspidogastrids (Trematoda) from fishes in the Northern Gulf of Mexico. <em>Journal of Parasitology.</em> 63 (5): 810–817., available online at https://doi.org/10.2307/3279883
page(s): 815 [details]
redescription Bray, R. A. (1984). Some helminth parasites of marine fishes and cephalopods of South Africa: Aspidogastrea and the digenean families Bucephalidae, Haplosplanchnidae, Mesometridae and Fellodistomidae. <em>Journal of Natural History.</em> 18, 271–292., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222938400770211
page(s): 273 [details]
Other
additional source
Overstreet, R. M., J. O. Cook, and R. W. Heard. 2009. Trematoda (Platyhelminthes) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 419–486 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
additional source Kohn, A.; Fernandes, B.M.M.; Cohen, S.C. (2007). South American trematode parasites of fishes. <em>CNPq, FIOCRUZ.</em> 318 pp. [details]
additional source Gallas, M.; Fraga da Silveira, E.; Périco, E. (2026). Brazilian Aspidogastrea (Platyhelminthes, Trematoda): an updated list of species with a temporal and spatial analysis. <em>Neotropical Helminthology.</em> 20(1)., available online at https://doi.org/10.62429/rnh20262012074 [details]
biology source Thoney, D. A., Burreson, E. M. (1986). Ecological aspects of Multicalyx cristata (Aspidocotylea) Infections in Northwest Atlantic elasmobranchs. <em>Proceedings of the Helminthological Society of Washington.</em> 53 (2): 162–165.
page(s): 162 [details]
additional source Kohn, A.; Fernandes, B.M.M.; Cohen, S.C. (2007). South American trematode parasites of fishes. <em>CNPq, FIOCRUZ.</em> 318 pp. [details]
additional source Gallas, M.; Fraga da Silveira, E.; Périco, E. (2026). Brazilian Aspidogastrea (Platyhelminthes, Trematoda): an updated list of species with a temporal and spatial analysis. <em>Neotropical Helminthology.</em> 20(1)., available online at https://doi.org/10.62429/rnh20262012074 [details]
biology source Thoney, D. A., Burreson, E. M. (1986). Ecological aspects of Multicalyx cristata (Aspidocotylea) Infections in Northwest Atlantic elasmobranchs. <em>Proceedings of the Helminthological Society of Washington.</em> 53 (2): 162–165.
page(s): 162 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
