''Dicyema'' is a genus of
worm
Worms are many different distantly related bilateral animals that typically have a long cylindrical tube-like body, no limbs, and no eyes (though not always).
Worms vary in size from microscopic to over in length for marine polychaete wor ...
s belonging to the family
Dicyemidae
The Dicyemidae is a family of tiny parasites that live in the renal appendages of cephalopods. It contains the following genera and species:
* ''Dicyema'' von Kolliker, 1849
* ''Dicyemennea'' Whitman, 1883
* '' Dicyemodeca''
** '' Dicyemodeca an ...
.
Species:
* ''
Dicyema acciaccatum''
McConnaughey, 1949
* ''
Dicyema acheroni''
McConnaughey, 1949
* ''
Dicyema acuticephalum''
Nouvel, 1947 - parasitizes ''
Octopus vulgaris''
* ''
Dicyema aegira''
McConnaughey & Kritzler, 1952
* ''
Dicyema akashiense''
Furuya, 2005
* ''
Dicyema apalachiensis''
Short, 1962
* ''
Dicyema apollyoni''
Nouvel, 1947
* ''
Dicyema australis''
Penchaszadeh, 1969
* ''
Dicyema awajiense''
Furuya, 2005
* ''
Dicyema balanocephalum''
Furuya, 2006
* ''
Dicyema banyulensis''
Furuya & Hochberg, 1999
* ''
Dicyema benedeni''
Furuya & Hochberg, 1999
* ''
Dicyema benthoctopi''
Hochberg & Short, 1970
* ''
Dicyema bilobum''
Couch & Short, 1964
* ''
Dicyema briarei
''Dicyema'' is a genus of worms belonging to the family Dicyemidae.
Species:
* '' Dicyema acciaccatum'' McConnaughey, 1949
* '' Dicyema acheroni'' McConnaughey, 1949
* '' Dicyema acuticephalum'' Nouvel, 1947 - parasitizes '' Octopus vulgaris''
...
''
Short, 1961
* ''
Dicyema caudatum''
Bogolepova-Dobrokhotova, 1960
* ''
Dicyema clavatum''
Furuya & Koshida, 1992 - parasitizes ''
Octopus minor''
* ''
Dicyema colurum''
Furuya, 1999 - parasitizes ''
Octopus fangsiao''
* ''
Dicyema dolichocephalum''
Furuya, 1999 - parasitizes ''
Octopus minor''
* ''
Dicyema erythrum
''Dicyema'' is a genus of worms belonging to the family Dicyemidae.
Species:
* '' Dicyema acciaccatum'' McConnaughey, 1949
* '' Dicyema acheroni'' McConnaughey, 1949
* '' Dicyema acuticephalum'' Nouvel, 1947 - parasitizes '' Octopus vulgaris''
...
''
Furuya, 1999 - parasitizes ''
Octopus fangsiao''
* ''
Dicyema ganapatii
''Dicyema'' is a genus of worms belonging to the family Dicyemidae.
Species:
* '' Dicyema acciaccatum'' McConnaughey, 1949
* '' Dicyema acheroni'' McConnaughey, 1949
* '' Dicyema acuticephalum'' Nouvel, 1947 - parasitizes '' Octopus vulgaris''
...
''
Kalavati, Narasimhamurti & Suseela, 1984
* ''
Dicyema hadrum
''Dicyema'' is a genus of worms belonging to the family Dicyemidae.
Species:
* '' Dicyema acciaccatum'' McConnaughey, 1949
* '' Dicyema acheroni'' McConnaughey, 1949
* '' Dicyema acuticephalum'' Nouvel, 1947 - parasitizes '' Octopus vulgaris''
...
''
Furuya, 1999 - parasitizes ''
Sepia esculenta''
* ''
Dicyema helocephalum
''Dicyema'' is a genus of worms belonging to the family Dicyemidae.
Species:
* '' Dicyema acciaccatum'' McConnaughey, 1949
* '' Dicyema acheroni'' McConnaughey, 1949
* '' Dicyema acuticephalum'' Nouvel, 1947 - parasitizes '' Octopus vulgaris''
...
''
Furuya, 2005
* ''
Dicyema hypercephalum
''Dicyema'' is a genus of worms belonging to the family Dicyemidae.
Species:
* '' Dicyema acciaccatum'' McConnaughey, 1949
* '' Dicyema acheroni'' McConnaughey, 1949
* '' Dicyema acuticephalum'' Nouvel, 1947 - parasitizes '' Octopus vulgaris''
...
''
Short, 1962
* ''
Dicyema irinoense
''Dicyema'' is a genus of worms belonging to the family Dicyemidae.
Species:
* '' Dicyema acciaccatum'' McConnaughey, 1949
* '' Dicyema acheroni'' McConnaughey, 1949
* '' Dicyema acuticephalum'' Nouvel, 1947 - parasitizes '' Octopus vulgaris''
...
''
Furuya, 2005
* ''
Dicyema japonicum''
Furuya & Tsuneki, 1992 - parasitizes ''
Octopus vulgaris''
* ''
Dicyema knoxi''
Short, 1971
* ''
Dicyema koshidai''
Furuya & Tsuneki, 2005
* ''
Dicyema leiocephalum''
Furuya, 2006
* ''
Dicyema lycidoeceum''
Furuya, 1999 - parasitizes ''
Sepia lycidas
''Sepia lycidas'', commonly known as the kisslip cuttlefish, is a species of cuttlefish within the genus Sepia. They are also classified under the family Sepiidae, which encompasses some of the most commonly known and recognized cuttlefish. Ph ...
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* ''
Dicyema macrocephalum''
(van Beneden, 1876)
* ''
Dicyema madrasensis''
Kalavati, Narasimhamurti & Suseela, 1984
* ''
Dicyema maorum''
Short, 1971
* ''
Dicyema megalocephalum''
Nouvel, 1934
* ''
Dicyema microcephalum''
Whitman, 1883
* ''
Dicyema misakiense''
Nouvel & Nakao, 1938 - parasitizes ''
Octopus vulgaris''
* ''
Dicyema monodi''
Nouvel, 1934
* ''
Dicyema moschatum''
Whitman, 1883
* ''
Dicyema nouveli''
Kalavati, Narasimhamurti & Suseela, 1984
* ''
Dicyema octopusi''
Kalavati, Narasimhamurti & Suseela, 1984
* ''
Dicyema oligomerum''
Bogolepova-Dobrokhotova, 1960
* ''
Dicyema orientale''
Nouvel & Nakao, 1938 - parasitizes ''
Sepioteuthis lessoniana
''Sepioteuthis lessoniana'', commonly known as the bigfin reef squid, glitter squid or oval squid, is a species of loliginid squid. It is one of the three currently recognized species belonging to the genus ''Sepioteuthis''. Studies in 1993, ...
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* ''
Dicyema oxycephalum''
Furuya, 2009
* ''
Dicyema paradoxum''
von Kölliker, 1849
* ''
Dicyema platycephalum''
Penchaszadeh, 1968
* ''
Dicyema rhadinum''
Furuya, 1999 - parasitizes ''
Sepia esculenta''
* ''
Dicyema robsonellae''
Short, 1971
* ''
Dicyema rondeletiolae''
Nouvel, 1944
* ''
Dicyema schulzianum''
(van Beneden, 1876)
* ''
Dicyema sepiellae''
Furuya, 2008
* ''
Dicyema shimantoense
''Dicyema shimantoense'' is a parasitic worm of the phylum Dicyemida. It is a vermiform mesozoan parasite that infects the renal appendages of the cephalopod ''Octopus sasakii''. The name is derived from the Shimanto River, which is the longest r ...
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Furuya, 2008 - parasitizes ''
Octopus sasakii
''Octopus sasakii'' is a species of octopus found only in salt water. This species is a taxon inquirendum.
Physical description
It is able to change its color. It moves forward by vigorously squeezing water in its cloak and pumping it throu ...
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* ''
Dicyema shorti''
Furuya, Damian & Hochberg, 2002
* ''
Dicyema sphaerocephalum''
Furuya, 2005
* ''
Dicyema sphyrocephalum''
Furuya, 1999 - parasitizes ''
Octopus minor''
* ''
Dicyema sullivani''
McConnaughey, 1949
* ''
Dicyema tosaense''
Furuya, 2005
* ''
Dicyema typoides''
Short, 1964
* ''
Dicyema typus''
van Beneden, 1876
* ''
Dicyema whitmani''
Furuya & Hochberg, 1999
References
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Dicyemida