Dioctophyme

  

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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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    Morphology and Anatomy:


     

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    Food Sources and Feeding strategies for the genus Dioctophyme

     
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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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    References:

    Collet-Meygret, G.F.H. 1802. Memoire sur en ver trouve dans le rein d'un chien. J. Phys. Chimie. Hist. Nat. Paris 55:458-464.

     

     

     

    Copyright © 1999 by Howard Ferris.
    Revised: May 07, 2025.