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Dicyemida, also
known as Rhombozoa, is a
phylum of tiny
parasites that live in the
renal appendages of cephalopods.
classification is controversial. Traditionally...
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Staurozoa (stalked jellyfish)
Polypodiozoa (marine parasites)
Eucycliophora Dicyemida Crinoidea (sea
lilies and
feather stars)
Asteroidea (star fish) Ophiuroidea...
- no
muscle cells or
neurons have been
found in
Dicyemida. The two main
mesozoan groups are the
Dicyemida and the Orthonectida.
Other groups sometimes included...
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Arthropoda Gnathifera Phylum Gnathostomulida Phylum Rotifera Mesozoa Phylum Dicyemida Phylum Orthonectida Rouphozoa Phylum Gastrotricha Phylum Platyhelminthes...
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Timorebestia See List of
chordate orders class Eucycliophora Symbiida Dicyemida does not
contain any
established orders but does
contain three families:...
- "Different
phylogenomic methods support monophyly of
enigmatic 'Mesozoa' (
Dicyemida + Orthonectida, Lophotrochozoa)".
Proceedings of the
Royal Society B:...
- However, a more
recent 2022
analysis found a
monophyletic Orthonectida+
Dicyemida clade localized outside of the annelids,
between Gnathifera and Platyhelminthes...
- Panchin, Yuri V.; Lyubetsky, V****ily A.; Aleoshin,
Vladimir V. (2019). "
Dicyemida and Orthonectida: Two
Stories of Body Plan Simplification". Frontiers...
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parenchymula (= parenchymella, stereogastrula)
Heterocyemida Wagener's
larva Dicyemida infusoriform larva Cnidarians planula (= stereogastrula),
actinula Ctenophora...
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directly considered as part of Annelida) are
probably lophotrochozoan phyla;
Dicyemida, Gastrotricha, and
Platyhelminthes may be
lophotrochozoans or
placed in...
