Dicyemidae Explained
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
- Pseudicyema truncatum (Whitman, 1883)
Notes and References
- Web site: WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Dicyemidae van Beneden, 1882 . www.marinespecies.org . 5 July 2021.
- Furuya . Hidetaka . Tsuneki . Kazuhiko . 2003 . Biology of Dicyemid Mesozoans . Zoological Science . 20 . 5 . 519–532 . 10.2108/zsj.20.519 . 9 March 2015 . 12777824. free .