Dicyema shorti
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Dicyema shorti   Furuya, Damian & Hochberg, 2002

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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Rhombozoa | Not assigned | Dicyemidae

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Host; depth range 10 - 185 m (Ref. 978).  Tropical

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Western Central Atlantic: Gulf of Mexico.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cmCommon length : 0.1 cm BASL male/unsexed; (Ref. 1534)

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Size: body lengths rarely exceed 0.0000500 cm (Ref. 978). Assumed mean adult body length from Ref. 1534. Found on shallow waters, its host is Amphioctopus burryi (Ref. 111254).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

Main reference References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Furuya, H., R.T. Damian and F.G. Hochberg 2002 Dicyema shorti n. sp. (Phylum: Dicyemida) from Octopus burryi (Mollusca: Cephalopoda: Octopodidae) in the Gulf of Mexico. Journal of Parasitology 88(2):325-329. (Ref. 978)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

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Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.

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