Author:
Qjure
Book:
Qjurious
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4-210.__.00
Rhombozoa
English: Dicyemids.
Synonym: Dicyemida.
Families: Conocyemidae; Dicyemidae.
Zoology
Animals; tiny parasites, living in the renal appendages of cephalopods.
Taxonomy
Traditionally, dicyemids have been grouped with the Orthonectida in the Mesozoa. Molecular phylogenies indicate that dicyemids may be more closely related to the Platyhelminthes.