Biology:Dicyemidae
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| Dicyemidae | |
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| Dicyema macrocephalum | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Dicyemida |
| Class: | Rhombozoa |
| Family: | Dicyemidae van Beneden, 1882 |
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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
- ↑ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Dicyemidae van Beneden, 1882". http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=14222.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Furuya, Hidetaka; Tsuneki, Kazuhiko (2003). "Biology of Dicyemid Mesozoans". Zoological Science 20 (5): 519–532. doi:10.2108/zsj.20.519. PMID 12777824. http://www.bioone.org/doi/full/10.2108/zsj.20.519. Retrieved 9 March 2015.
Wikidata ☰ Q2213022 entry
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