Dicyemennea littlei Short & Hochberg, 1970
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
- Dicyemennea littlei Short & Hochberg, 1970
- Name authority
- Short & Hochberg, 1970
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Dicyemida
- Class
- Rhombozoa
- Family
- Dicyemidae
- Genus
- Dicyemennea
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · 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.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumDicyemida
- classRhombozoa van Beneden
- familyDicyemidae van Beneden, 1882
- genusDicyemennea Whitman, 1883
- speciesDicyemennea littlei Short & Hochberg, 1970
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Dicyemennea. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Dicyemennea abasi McConnaughey, 1949 | DicyemidaeDicyemida | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dicyemennea abreida McConnaughey, 1957 | DicyemidaeDicyemida | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dicyemennea adminicula (McConnaughey, 1949) | DicyemidaeDicyemida | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dicyemennea antarcticensis Short & Hochberg, 1970 | DicyemidaeDicyemida | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dicyemennea canadensis Furuya, Hochberg & Short, 2002 | DicyemidaeDicyemida | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dicyemennea coromadelensis Kalavati, Narasimhamurti & Suseela, 1978 | DicyemidaeDicyemida | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dicyemennea discocephalum Hochberg & Short, 1983 | DicyemidaeDicyemida | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dicyemennea eledones (Wagener, 1857) | DicyemidaeDicyemida | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dicyemennea eltanini Short & Powell, 1969 | DicyemidaeDicyemida | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dicyemennea lameerei Nouvel, 1932 | DicyemidaeDicyemida | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dicyemennea mastigoides Furuya, 1999 | DicyemidaeDicyemida | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dicyemennea nouveli McConnaughey, 1959 | DicyemidaeDicyemida | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
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.
- Hochberg, F. G., & Short, R. B. (1970). Dicyemennea littlei sp. n. and Dicyema benthoctopi sp. n.: Dicyemid Mesozoa from Benthoctopus magellanicus. Transactions of the American Microscopical Society, 89. https://doi.org/10.2307/3224377 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:35W2M. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.