Dicyemidae
Dicyema macrocephalum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Dicyemida
Class: Rhombozoa
Family: Dicyemidae
van Beneden, 1882
Genera

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The Dicyemidae is a family of tiny parasites that live in the renal appendages of cephalopods. It contains the following genera and species:[1]

  • Dicyema von Kolliker, 1849
  • Dicyemennea Whitman, 1883
  • Dicyemodeca
    • Dicyemodeca anthinocephalum Furuya, 1999 - parasitizes Octopus dofleini [2]
    • Dicyemodeca deca (McConnaughey, 1957)
    • Dicyemodeca dogieli Bogolepova, 1957
  • Dodecadicyema Kalavati & Narasimhamurti, 1979
    • Dodecadicyema loligoi Kalavati & Narasimhamurti, 1980
  • Pleodicyema
    • Pleodicyema delamarei Nouvel, 1961
  • Pseudicyema Nouvel, 1933
    • Pseudicyema cappacephalum Furuya, 2009
    • Pseudicyema nakaoi Furuya, 1999 - parasitizes Sepia lycidas and Sepia esculenta [2]
    • Pseudicyema truncatum (Whitman, 1883)

References

  1. ↑ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Dicyemidae van Beneden, 1882". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
  2. 1 2 Furuya, Hidetaka; Tsuneki, Kazuhiko (2003). "Biology of Dicyemid Mesozoans". Zoological Science. 20 (5): 519–532. doi:10.2108/zsj.20.519. PMID 12777824. Retrieved 9 March 2015.
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