Dioctophyme		Contents		Rev: 09/27/2024
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Classification:

Chromadorea
Chromadoria

           Rhabditida 

                       Spirurina

                          Dioctophymatoidea

                  Dioctophymatidae

 

            Dioctophyme Collet-Meygret, 1802

The name of the genus was variously spelled as Dioctophyme or Dioctophyma for 200 years until the International Commissioon on Zoological Nomenclature determined the correct spelling as Dioctophyme in 1989.  However, both names still appear in the literature.

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Life Cycle:

Nematodes with direct lifecycles, no intermeduiate hosts, and are primarily parasites of the intestinal tract.

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Copyright © 1999 by Howard Ferris.
Revised: September 27, 2024.