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Dicyema clavatum

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Dicyema clavatum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Dicyemida
Class: Rhombozoa
Family: Dicyemidae
Genus: Dicyema
Species:
D. clavatum
Binomial name
Dicyema clavatum
Furuya & Koshida, 1992

Dicyema clavatum is a species of rhombozoa within the family Dicyemidae.[1] The species is known to parasitise Octopus minor as their hosts off Japan, along with Dicyema dolichocephalum and Dicyema sphyrocephalum, even being found alongside D. sphyrocephalum in O. minor individuals. Lengths of the species average at 1 millimeter.[2]

References

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  1. ^ WoRMS. "Dicyema clavatum Furuya & Koshida, 1992". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2024-04-17.
  2. ^ "Fourteen New Species of Dicyemid Mesozoans from Six Japanese Cephalopods, with Comments on Host Specificity". www.jstage.jst.go.jp. Retrieved 2024-04-16.