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Rhombozoans: Rhombozoa - Physical Characteristics, Behavior And Reproduction, No Common Name (dicyemodeca Deca): Species Account - GEOGRAPHIC RANGE, HABITAT, DIET, RHOMBOZOANS AND PEOPLE, CONSERVATION STATUS

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NO COMMON NAME (Dicyemodeca deca): SPECIES ACCOUNT

Rhombozoans live in the northern, eastern, and western parts of the Pacific Ocean; in the waters around New Zealand and Australia; in the Mediterranean Sea; in the northern, eastern, and western parts of the Atlantic Ocean; in the Gulf of Mexico; and in the Antarctic Ocean.

In the wormlike form, rhombozoans live only in the kidneys of octopuses, cuttlefish, and sometimes squid.

Rhombozoans absorb nutrients from the urine of their hosts.

Rhombozoans have no known importance to people.

Rhombozoans are not threatened or endangered.

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Rhombozoans: Rhombozoa - Physical Characteristics

Rhombozoans (RAHM-boh-ZOH-uhns) are parasites (PAIR-uh-sites) that live in the kidneys of bottom-dwelling octopuses, cuttlefish, and sometimes squid. Parasites are animals or plants that live on or in another animal or plant, called a host, without helping it and usually harming it. The body of rhombozoans is made up of only eight to forty cells in a simple arrangement. They have the fewest cells …

Rhombozoans: Rhombozoa - Behavior And Reproduction

Rhombozoans: Rhombozoa - No Common Name (dicyemodeca Deca): Species Account

Physical characteristics: The body length of an adult Dicyemodeca deca (abbreviated as D. deca) does not exceed one–thirty-second of an inch (1 millimeter). There are twenty-three or twenty-four outer cells. The cap is disk shaped. The specialized embryos consist of thirty-five cells and are approximately 0.001 inch (33 micrometers) long. Geographic range: D. deca lives in the northeastern …

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