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Decadidymus gulosus Cannon, 1991

Source-backed taxonomic record

Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.

Identity & source status

Scientific name
Decadidymus gulosus Cannon, 1991
Name authority
Cannon, 1991
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Platyhelminthes
Order
Rhabdocoela
Family
Temnocephalidae
Genus
Decadidymus
Extinction status
Not supplied by this source

Source habitat flags: Marine: no · Freshwater: yes · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.

Classification family tree

Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.

  1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
  2. kingdomAnimalia
  3. phylumPlatyhelminthes Minot, 1876
  4. subphylumRhabditophora Ehlers, 1985
  5. orderRhabdocoela Ehrenberg, 1831
  6. suborderDalytyphloplanida Willems, Wallberg, Jondelius, Littlewood, Backeljau, Schockaert & Artois, 2006
  7. infraorderNeotyphloplanida Willems, Wallberg, Jondelius, Littlewood, Backeljau, Schockaert & Artois, 2006
  8. parvorderLimnotyphloplanida Van Steenkiste, Tessens, Willems, Backeljau, Jondelius & Artois, 2013
  9. familyTemnocephalidae Monticelli, 1899
  10. subfamilyDecadidyminae Van Steenkiste, Rivlin, Kahn, Wakeman & Leander, 2021
  11. genusDecadidymus Cannon, 1991
  12. speciesDecadidymus gulosus Cannon, 1991

Close classified relatives

No other member of this genus is present in the selected snapshot.

Browse 3 records assigned to Temnocephalidae.

Source literature & publication evidence

References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.

  1. Cannon, L. R. G. (1991). Temnocephalan symbionts of the freshwater crayfish Cherax quadricarinatus from northern Australia. Hydrobiologia, 227:341–227:347. https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00027620 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references

Origins, evidence & remaining research

Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.

Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.

Dataset citation & attribution

This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11

Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.

Stable key: col:34CRG. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.