A new dicyemid from Octopus hubbsorum (Mollusca: Cephalopoda: Octopoda)
Castellanos-Martinez, S.; Gómez, M.C.; Hochberg, F.G.; Gestal, C.; Furuya, H. (2011). A new dicyemid from Octopus hubbsorum (Mollusca: Cephalopoda: Octopoda). J. Parasitol. 97(2): 265-269. http://dx.doi.org/10.1645/GE-2577.1
In: The Journal of Parasitology. American Society of Parasitologists: Lawrence, Kan., etc.,. ISSN 0022-3395; e-ISSN 1937-2345, more
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Taxa > Species > New taxa > New species
Dicyemidae van Beneden, 1882 [WoRMS]; Octopus hubbsorum S. S. Berry, 1953 [WoRMS]
Marine/Coastal |
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- Castellanos-Martinez, S.
- Gómez, M.C.
- Hochberg, F.G.
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| Abstract |
A new species of dicyemid mesozoan is described from Octopus hubbsorum Berry, 1953, collected in the south of Bahia de La Paz, Baja California Sur, México. Dicyema guaycurense n. sp. is a medium-size species that reaches about 1,600 µm in length. It occurs in folds of the renal appendages. The vermiform stages are characterized as having 22 peripheral cells, a conical calotte, and an axial cell that extends to the base of the propolar cells. Infusoriform embryos consist of 39 cells; 1 nucleus is present in each urn cell and the refringent bodies are solid. This is the first of a dicyemid species from a host collected in the Gulf of California. |
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