Dicyemidae

Dicyemidae
Dicyema macrocephalum
Scientific classification
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. 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.