Dioctophyme

Dioctophyme
	Image of Giant Kidney Worm
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Nematoda
Class:	Chromadorea
Order:	Ascaridida
Family:	Dioctophymidae
Genus:	Dioctophyme; Collet-Meygret, 1802
Synonyms
	Dioctophyma Bosc, 1803 (Missp.); Dioctophymus Rafinesque, 1815 (Missp.); Dyctophymus Rafinesque, 1815 (Missp.); Dioctophryme Agassiz, 1843 (Missp.); Dictophyme Chiaje, 1844 (Missp.); Eustrongylus Diesing, 1851 (Preocc.); Eustrongilus Fedtschenko, 1874 (Missp.); Enstrongylus Pease & Smith, 1905 (Missp.); Mirandonema Kreis, 1945;

Dioctophyme is a monotypic genus of nematodes belonging to the family Dioctophymidae. The only species is Dioctophyme renale.^[1] Much older literature uses the alternative spelling "Dioctophyma" and the family name "Dioctophymatidae" but these alternative spellings were suppressed by the ICZN in a 1987 ruling.^[2]

The species is found in Northern America and Japan.^[1]

References

[IRMNG-1] "IRMNG - Dioctophyme Collet-Meygret, 1802".

[2] ICZN Opinion 1552

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