Genus Dicyema Koelliker, 1849

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• Dicyema Koelliker, A. 1849. [title not found]. Berichte Königlichen zootomischen anstalt zu Würzburg 2 [59].

Introduction

Species recorded from cephalopods from southern Australian waters by Catalano (2013).

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Central Western Shelf Province (29), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38)

Ecological Descriptors

Endoparasitic (host(s): Sepia papuensis Hoyle, 1885 [SEPIIDAE] Papuan Cuttlefish).

General References

Catalano, S.R. 2013. First description of dicyemid mesozoans (Dicyemida: Dicyemidae) from Australian octopus (Octopodidae) and cuttlefish (Sepiidae), including a new record of Dicyemennea in Australian waters. Folia Parasitologica. Prague 60(4): 306-320

Catalano, S.R. 2013. Population structure and species of Giant Australian Cuttlefish (Sepia apama) in southern Australian waters as inferred from dicyemid parasite genetics. South Australian Naturalist 87: 30-33

Catalano, S.R. & Furuya, H. 2013. Two new species of dicyemid (Dicyemida: Dicyemidae) from two Australian cephalopod species: Sepioteuthis australis (Mollusca: Cephalopoda: Loliginidae) and Sepioloidea lineolata (Mollusca: Cephalopoda: Sepiadariidae). Journal of Parasitology 99(2): 203–211

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