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Hidetaka Furuya
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Animal Anatomy / Morphology / Histology
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Dicyemids
Dicyemids are the most common and characteristic endosymbionts found in the renal sac of benthic cephalopods. In this chapter, we introduce biology and diversity of dicyemids of European typical cephalopods, Octo...
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Protist (Ciliates) and Related Diseases
Ciliates are one of the most common protistan parasites in cephalopods. In this chapter, we have undertaken to describe the biology and diversity of parasitic ciliates in European cephalopods and give diagnosi...
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Redescription of Dicyemennea eledones (Wagener, 1857) (Phylum Dicyemida) from Eledone cirrhosa (Lamarck, 1798) (Mollusca: Cephalopoda: Octopoda)
Dicyemids are common parasites found in the kidneys of many cephalopods. Species identification previously relied on old species descriptions containing considerable confusions, casting doubt on taxonomy and i...
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Two new species of dicyemid mesozoans (Dicyemida: Dicyemidae) from Octopus maya Voss & Solis-Ramirez (Octopodidae) off Yucatan, Mexico
Two new dicyemid species are described from the endemic cephalopod Octopus maya Voss & Solis-Ramirez collected off Yucatan, Mexico. The renal sacs of 40 juvenile and adult octopuses from four localities were exam...
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A new species of Dicyemennea Whitman, 1883 (Phylum Dicyemida) from Sepia latimanus (Mollusca: Cephalopoda: Decapodidae) off Okinawa, Japan
A new species of dicyemid mesozoan is described from a cuttlefish Sepia latimanus Quoy and Gaimard collected off Nago, Naha and Onnason, Okinawa Islands, Ryukyu Islands, Japan. Dicyemennea ryukyuense n. sp. is a ...
