A new dicyemid from Opisthoteuthis depressa (Mollusca: Cephalopoda: Octopoda) - PubMed

A new species of dicyemid mesozoan is described from Opisthoteuthis depressa Iijima and Ikeda, 1895, collected from Suruga Bay in Japan. Dicyemennea umbraculum n. sp. is a medium species that reaches approximately 3500 microm in length. This species attaches to the surface of the renal appendages. T…