Dioctophyme information

Dioctophyme
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Scientific classification
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]

^ ^a ^b "IRMNG - Dioctophyme Collet-Meygret, 1802".
^ ICZN Opinion 1552

[IRMNG-1] "IRMNG - Dioctophyme Collet-Meygret, 1802".

[2] ICZN Opinion 1552

Dioctophyme information

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Dioctophyme renale

Dioctophyme

Cestoda

Nematode

Ascaris lumbricoides

Schistosomiasis

Dirofilaria

Flatworm

Loa loa

Taenia solium

Angiostrongylus cantonensis

Fasciola hepatica

Diphyllobothrium

Liver fluke

Taenia saginata

Ancylostoma duodenale

Cysticercosis

Dirofilaria immitis

Wuchereria bancrofti

Anisakis

Echinococcus granulosus

Infestation

Baylisascaris procyonis

Trichinella spiralis

Dracunculus medinensis

Parasitic worm

Ancylostoma caninum