Dioctophyme
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Nematoda
Class: Chromadorea
Order: Ascaridida
Family: Dioctophymidae
Genus: Dioctophyme
Collet-Meygret, 1802
Species:
D. renale
Binomial name
Dioctophyme renale
(Goeze, 1782)
Synonyms
  • Dioctophyma Bosc, 1803 (Missp.)
  • Dioctophymus Rafinesque, 1815 (Missp.)
  • Dyctophymus Rafinesque, 1815 (Missp.)
  • Dioctophryme Agassiz, 1843 (Missp.)
  • Dictophyme Chiaje, 1844 (Missp.)
  • Eustrongylus Diesing, 1851 (Preocc.)
  • Eustrongilus Fedtschenko, 1874 (Missp.)
  • Enstrongylus Pease & Smith, 1905 (Missp.)
  • Mirandonema Kreis, 1945

Dioctophyme is a monotypic genus of nematodes belonging to the family Dioctophymidae. The only species is Dioctophyme renale.[1] Much older literature uses the alternative spelling "Dioctophyma" and the family name "Dioctophymatidae" but these alternative spellings were suppressed by the ICZN in a 1987 ruling.[2]

The species is found in Northern America and Japan.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b [1]
  2. ^ ICZN Opinion 1552
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