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
- * 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 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 Furuya, 1999 - parasitizes Octopus fangsiao
- * Dicyema ganapatii Kalavati, Narasimhamurti & Suseela, 1984
- * Dicyema hadrum Furuya, 1999 - parasitizes Sepia esculenta
- * Dicyema helocephalum Furuya, 2005
- * Dicyema hypercephalum Short, 1962
- * Dicyema irinoense 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
- * Dicyema macrocephalum
- * 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
- * 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
- * Dicyema sepiellae Furuya, 2008
- * Dicyema shimantoense Furuya, 2008 - parasitizes Octopus sasakii
- * 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
- Dicyemennea Whitman, 1883
- * Dicyemennea abasi McConnaughey, 1949
- * Dicyemennea abbreviata McConnaughey, 1949
- * Dicyemennea abelis McConnaughey, 1949
- * Dicyemennea abreida McConnaughey, 1957
- * Dicyemennea adminicula
- * Dicyemennea adscita McConnaughey, 1949
- * Dicyemennea antarcticensis Short & Hochberg, 1970
- * Dicyemennea bathybenthum Furuya & Hochberg, 2002
- * Dicyemennea brevicephala McConnaughey, 1941
- * Dicyemennea brevicephaloides Bogolepova-Dobrokhotova, 1962
- * Dicyemennea californica McConnaughey, 1941
- * Dicyemennea canadensis Furuya, Hochberg & Short, 2002
- * Dicyemennea coromadelensis Kalavati, Narasimhamurti & Suseela, 1978
- * Dicyemennea curta Bogolepova-Dobrokhotova, 1962
- * Dicyemennea discocephalum Hochberg & Short, 1983
- * Dicyemennea dogieli Bogolepova-Dobrokhotova, 1962
- * Dicyemennea dorycephalum Furuya & Hochberg, 2002
- * Dicyemennea eledones
- * Dicyemennea eltanini Short & Powell, 1969
- * Dicyemennea filiformis Bogolepova-Dobrokhotova, 1962
- * Dicyemennea gracile
- * Dicyemennea granularis McConnaughey, 1949
- * Dicyemennea gyrinodes Furuya, 1999 - parasitizes Octopus hongkongensis
- * Dicyemennea kaikouriensis Short & Hochberg, 1969
- * Dicyemennea lameerei Nouvel, 1932
- * Dicyemennea littlei Short & Hochberg, 1970
- * Dicyemennea longinucleata Bogolepova-Dobrokhotova, 1962
- * Dicyemennea marplatensis
- * Dicyemennea mastigoides Furuya, 1999 - parasitizes Sepia esculenta
- * Dicyemennea minabense Furuya, 1999 - parasitizes Sepia esculenta
- * Dicyemennea nouveli McConnaughey, 1959
- * Dicyemennea ophioides Furuya, 1999 - parasitizes Octopus hongkongensis
- * Dicyemennea parva Hoffman, 1965
- * Dicyemennea pileum Furuya, 2008
- * Dicyemennea rossiae Bogolepova-Dobrokhotova, 1962
- * Dicyemennea rostrata Short & Hochberg, 1969
- * Dicyemennea ryukyuense Furuya, 2006
- * Dicyemennea trochocephalum Furuya, 1999 - parasitizes Octopus hongkongensis
- * Dicyemennea umbraculum Furuya, 2009
- Dicyemodeca
- * Dicyemodeca anthinocephalum Furuya, 1999 - parasitizes Octopus dofleini
- * Dicyemodeca deca
- * 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''