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Furuya, H. (2008). Redescription of Dicyemennea nouveli (Phylum: Dicyemida) from Enteroctopus dofleini (Mollusca: Cephalopoda: Octopoda). J. Parasitol. 94(5): 1064-1070.
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A species of dicyemid mesozoan is redescribed from the giant Pacific octopus, Enteroctopus dofleini (Wülker, 1910), collected off Iwase in Toyama Bay, Honshu, Japan. Dicyemennea nouveli McConnaughey, 1959, is a large species that reaches about 12,000 µm in length. This species lives in folds of the renal appendages. The vermiform stages are characterized as having 30–41 peripheral cells, a conical calotte, and an axial cell that extends to the middle of the metapolar cells. An anterior abortive axial cell is present in vermiform embryos. Full-grown vermiform embryos have as many as 4 agametes. Infusoriform embryos consist of 39 cells; 2 nuclei are present in each urn cell and the refringent bodies are solid.
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Dicyemennea abreida McConnaughey, 1957 (additional source)
Dicyemennea nouveli McConnaughey, 1959 (redescription)
Dicyemodeca deca (McConnaughey, 1957) (additional source)
Dicyemodeca dogieli Bogolepova, 1957 (additional source)
Dicyemennea nouveli McConnaughey, 1959 (redescription)
Dicyemodeca deca (McConnaughey, 1957) (additional source)
Dicyemodeca dogieli Bogolepova, 1957 (additional source)
Monterey Bay for Dicyemennea nouveli McConnaughey, 1959
Sea of Japan for Dicyemennea nouveli McConnaughey, 1959
Sea of Japan for Dicyemodeca dogieli Bogolepova, 1957
Toyama Bay for Dicyemennea nouveli McConnaughey, 1959
Sea of Japan for Dicyemennea nouveli McConnaughey, 1959
Sea of Japan for Dicyemodeca dogieli Bogolepova, 1957
Toyama Bay for Dicyemennea nouveli McConnaughey, 1959
Unknown type OUM ME-00015, identified as Dicyemennea nouveli McConnaughey, 1959