English: Dicyemids.
Synonym: Dicyemida.
Families: Conocyemidae; Dicyemidae.
ZoologyAnimals; tiny parasites, living in the renal appendages of cephalopods.
TaxonomyTraditionally, dicyemids have been grouped with the
Orthonectida in the
Mesozoa. Molecular phylogenies indicate that dicyemids may be more closely related to the
Platyhelminthes.