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Chromadorea
Spiruria
Ascaridida
Ascaridoidea
Heterocheilidae
Multicaecum Baylis, 1923
Type species of the genus: Multicaecum agile (Wedl. 1861) Baylis, 1923
From description of Multicaecum heterotis:
Ref: Masova et al., 2010
Parasites of crocodilians (crocodiles, acymans, alligators) and fish.
Intestinal parasites of fish.
Intestinal parasites of crocodilians and fish.
Khalil, F. 1984. Brevimulticaecum scleropagi sp. nov. (Ascarididae: Nematoda) from the ish Scleropages jardini in Papua New guinea. J. Nat. Hist. 18: 797-802.
Masova, S., Moravec, F., Barus, V., Seifertova, M. 2020. Redescription, systematic status and molecular characterisation of Multicaecum heterotis Petter, Vassiliades et Marchand, 1979 (Nematoda: Heterocheilidae), an intestinal parasite of Heterotis niloticus (Osteichthyes: Arapaimidae) in Africa. Folia Parasitologica 57:280-288
Morgovoy, A.A. 1953: [Ascaridata of animals and Man and the Diseases caused by them. Essentials of Nematodology 2.] akademiya Nauk sssr, Moscow, 616 pp. (in Russian)
Petter, A.J., Vassialiades , G. and Marchand, B. 1979. Une nouvelle esp�ce de Multicaecum (Ascarididae, Nematoda) parasite de poisson en afrique. Bull. Inst. Fond. Afr. Noire 41: 324-329
Skrjabin, K.I., Shikhobalova, N.P., Mozgovoyk.i., A.A. 1951. [Key to Parasitic Nematodes. Vol. ii, Oxyurata and Ascaridata.] Akademiya Nauk SSSR Publishers, Moscow, 631 pp. (in Russian)
Sprent, J.F.A. 1979: Ascaridoid nematodes of amphibians and reptiles: Multicaecum and Brevimulticaecum. J. Helminthol. 53: 91�116.
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