Talk:Dicyemida

Number of Species

This page should include the number of species in the phylum. --Savant13 17:50, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

Links to images of Rhombozoa

Access Science from McGraw-Hill
nice photo of one, showing all cell nuclei
uottawa.ca, drawing
shows vermiform larvae --Abd (talk) 02:08, 21 April 2010 (UTC)

Requested move

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The result of the move request was: page moved per request. - GTBacchus^(talk) 10:42, 12 July 2011 (UTC)

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Rhombozoa → Dicyemida – The current page says: Although the name "Dicyemida" precedes "Rhombozoa" in usage, and is preferred by most contemporary authors, "Rhombozoa" still enjoys much popular support. (wikilink mine) - Name precedence and preference by authors is what matters. Cyclopia^talk 22:32, 2 July 2011 (UTC)

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

Naming and name sources

Anyone able to clear up the nomenclature? The taxobox information doesn't match what's stated on the page. The page states: the name "Dicyemida" precedes "Rhombozoa" in usage, and is preferred by most contemporary authors. It doesn't specifically discuss discovery and naming. However, the taxobox gives both Krohn 1839 and van Beneden 1876 separately as authorities - only van Beneden shows as that copy of the parameter appears later in the template. I've tracked down Krohn's citation to Krohn, A. 1839. Uber das Vorkommen von Entozoen und Krystallablagerungen in den schwammigen Venenanhängen einiger Cephalopoden. "Neue Notizen aus dem Gebiet der Natur- und Heilkunde" 11 :213-216 and taken a look at it. I couldn't find any sign of a name, only a description. It's possible that Kölliker 1882 is the origin of the name - ITIS notes it for an order Dicyemida and van Beneden 1876 refers to it (Bulletins de L'Acadèmie Royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux-Arts de Belgique, ser. 2, vol. 41, here on p1160) as his name. The Kölliker work cited is Albert Kölliker "über Dicyema paradoxum der Schmarotzer der Venenanhänge der Cephalopoden". Berichte von der Königlichen Zootomischen Anstalt zu Würzburg 2. Ber., 4849, p. 59.

Things I haven't been able to track down: whether Kölliker is actually the source of the name; when and where Rhombozoa comes into the picture. Any info would be useful. -- Shimmin Beg (talk) 19:45, 11 February 2013 (UTC)

Order?

Isn't Dicyemida an order instead of a phylum? — Preceding unsigned comment added by LukaBE (talk • contribs) 15:58, 12 February 2018 (UTC)

Recent academic papers seem consistent in considering it a phylum. Have a look at https://scholar.google.com/scholar?as_ylo=2014&q=dicyemida&hl=en&as_sdt=0,5 for a sample.--cyclopia^speak! 18:39, 12 February 2018 (UTC)