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Dicyemidae

The Dicyemidae van Beneden, 1882 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 (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
    • 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 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 (McConnaughey, 1949)
    • 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 (Wagener, 1857)
    • Dicyemennea eltanini Short & Powell, 1969
    • Dicyemennea filiformis Bogolepova-Dobrokhotova, 1962
    • Dicyemennea gracile (Wagener, 1857)
    • 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 (Penchaszadeh & Christiansen, 1970)
    • 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 (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)