WoRMS taxon details
Dicyema sphyrocephalum Furuya, 1999
265702 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:265702)
accepted
Species
marine
Furuya, H. (1999). Fourteen new species of dicyemid mesozoans from six Japanese cephalopods, with comments on host specificity. Species Divers. 4(2): 257-319 (look up in IMIS) [details]
Etymology The specific name "sphyrocephalum" is composed of two Greek words, sphyra meaning "hammer" and cephalos meaning "with a...
Etymology The specific name "sphyrocephalum" is composed of two Greek words, sphyra meaning "hammer" and cephalos meaning "with a head", because the calotte is characteristically hammer-shaped. [details]
WoRMS (2025). Dicyema sphyrocephalum Furuya, 1999. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=265702 on 2025-04-29
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Furuya, H. (1999). Fourteen new species of dicyemid mesozoans from six Japanese cephalopods, with comments on host specificity. Species Divers. 4(2): 257-319 (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details]
basis of record van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Etymology The specific name "sphyrocephalum" is composed of two Greek words, sphyra meaning "hammer" and cephalos meaning "with a head", because the calotte is characteristically hammer-shaped. [details]
