''Dicyema'' is a genus of

worm Worms are many different distantly related bilateria, bilateral animals that typically have a long cylindrical tube-like body, no limb (anatomy), limbs, and usually no eyes. Worms vary in size from microscopic to over in length for marine ...

s belonging to the family

Dicyemidae The Dicyemidae is a family of tiny parasites that live in the Cephalopod#Renal appendage, renal appendages of cephalopods. It contains the following genera and species: * ''Dicyema'' von Kolliker, 1849 * ''Dicyemennea'' Whitman, 1883 * ''Dicyemod ...

. Species: * '' Dicyema acciaccatum'' McConnaughey, 1949 * '' Dicyema acheroni'' McConnaughey, 1949 * '' Dicyema acuticephalum'' Nouvel, 1947 - parasitizes ''

Octopus vulgaris The common octopus (''Octopus vulgaris'') is a Mollusca, mollusk belonging to the class Cephalopoda. ''Octopus vulgaris'' is one of the most studied of all octopus species, and also one of the most intelligent. It ranges from the eastern Atlanti ...

'' * '' 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 ''Octopus minor'' (more strictly ''Callistoctopus minor''), also known as the long arm octopus or the Korean common octopus, is a small-bodied octopus species distributed along the Benthic zone, benthic coastal waters bordering China, Japan, and t ...

'' * '' Dicyema colurum'' Furuya, 1999 - parasitizes '' Octopus fangsiao'' * '' Dicyema dolichocephalum'' Furuya, 1999 - parasitizes ''

'' * '' Dicyema erythrum'' Furuya, 1999 - parasitizes '' Octopus fangsiao'' * '' Dicyema ganapatii'' Kalavati, Narasimhamurti & Suseela, 1984 * '' Dicyema hadrum'' Furuya, 1999 - parasitizes ''

Sepia esculenta ''Sepia esculenta'', the golden cuttlefish, is a cuttlefish Cuttlefish, or cuttles, are Marine (ocean), marine Mollusca, molluscs of the order (biology), suborder Sepiina. They belong to the class (biology), class Cephalopoda which also incl ...

'' * '' Dicyema helocephalum'' Furuya, 2005 * '' Dicyema hypercephalum'' Short, 1962 * '' Dicyema irinoense'' Furuya, 2005 * '' Dicyema japonicum'' Furuya & Tsuneki, 1992 - parasitizes ''

'' * '' 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 (cephalopod), Sepia. They are also classified under the family Sepiidae, which encompasses some of the most commonly known and recogniz ...

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Dicyema macrocephalum ''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'' * ' ...

'' (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 ''

'' * '' 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, tiger squid, glitter squid, oval squid, or northern calamari, is a species of Loliginidae, loliginid squid. It is one of the three currently recognized species belonging to t ...

'' * '' Dicyema oxycephalum'' Furuya, 2009 * '' Dicyema paradoxum'' von Kölliker, 1849 * '' Dicyema platycephalum'' Penchaszadeh, 1968 * '' Dicyema rhadinum'' Furuya, 1999 - parasitizes ''

'' * '' 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 ''

'' * '' Dicyema sullivani'' McConnaughey, 1949 * '' Dicyema tosaense'' Furuya, 2005 * '' Dicyema typoides'' Short, 1964 * '' Dicyema typus'' van Beneden, 1876 * '' Dicyema whitmani'' Furuya & Hochberg, 1999

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q2811187 Dicyemida