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  Family Dicranophoridae

Genus Dicranophorus

    Species D. epicharis -- Wisconsin!
    Species D. ponerus -- Wisconsin!
    Species D. alcimus -- North America.
    Species D. artamus -- North America.
    Species D. aspondus -- North America.
    Species D. biastis -- North America.
    Species D. capucinus -- North America.
    Species D. colastes -- North America.
    Species D. corystis -- North America.
    Species D. dolerus -- North America.
    Species D. edestes -- North America.
    Species D. facinus -- North America.
    Species D. forcipatus -- North America.
    Species D. grandis -- North America.
    Species D. grypus -- North America.
    Species D. haueri -- North America.
    Species D. hauerianus -- North America.
    Species D. hercules -- North America.
    Species D. isothes -- North America.
    Species D. lenapensis -- North America.
    Species D. luetkeni -- North America.
    Species D. mesotis -- North America.
    Species D. minutes -- North America.
    Species D. myriophylli -- North America.
    Species D. pennatus -- North America.
    Species D. prionacis -- North America.
    Species D. proclestes -- North America.
    Species D. robustus -- North America.
    Species D. rostratus -- North America.
    Species D. saevus -- North America.
    Species D. scotius -- North America.
    Species D. sebastus -- North America.
    Species D. semnus -- North America.
    Species D. spiculatus -- North America.
    Species D. strigosus -- North America.
    Species D. stultus -- North America.
    Species D. tegillus -- North America.
    Species D. thysanus -- North America.
    Species D. aquilus
    Species D. cambari
    Species D. caudatus
    Species D. cernuus
    Species D. difflugiarum
    Species D. esox
    Species D. facilis
    Species D. grandis
    Species D. halbachi
    Species D. kostei
    Species D. leptodon
    Species D. liepolti
    Species D. lutkeni
    Species D. macrostyla
    Species D. pauliani
    Species D. proclastes
    Species D. secretus
    Species D. siedleckii
    Species D. sigmoides
    Species D. uncinatus
    Species D. bulgaricus

Taxon Information

The Genus Dicranophorus has been reported (or is assumed) to occur in fresh waters. This taxon has been reported from Wisconsin.

(These statements were generated automatically from the WInvertebrates database.)

Literature Records

• Dicranophorus, [North America] (Wallace & Snell, 2010).
• Dicranophorus, [Palearctic, Afrotropical, Australasian, Oriental, Nearctic, Neotropical, Pacific; 52 species worldwide, 38 Nearctic species] (Segers, 2008).
• Dicranophorus, (Segers, 2007).
• Dicranophorus, about 50 littoral species [North America] (Smith, 2001).
• Dicranophorus, [North Central United States] (Underhill et al., 1982).
• Dicranophorus, (Edmondson, 1959).

Bibliography

• Wallace, R.L. & T.W. Snell. 2010. Rotifera. [in] J.H. Thorp & A.P. Covich (eds.). Ecology and Classification of North American Freshwater Invertebrates, 3rd edition: 173-235.
• Segers, H. 2008. Global diversity of rotifers (Rotifera) in freshwater. Hydrobiologia 595: 49-59. [Available online]
• Segers, H. 2007. Annotated checklist of the rotifers (Phylum Rotifera), with notes on nomenclature, taxonomy and distribution. Zootaxa 1564. 104 pp. [Available online]
• Smith, D.G. 2001. Rotifera (Wheel animals). Pennak's Freshwater Invertebrates of the United States, 4th edition: 129-190.
• Underhill, J.C., W.D. Schmid & D.E. Gilbertson. 1982. Taxonomic Keys to the Common Animals of the North Central States, exclusive of the parasitic worms, terrestrial insects, and birds, 4th edition. 205 pp.
• Edmondson, W.T. 1959. Rotifera. [in] W.T. Edmondson (ed.). Ward & Whipple Fresh-Water Biology, 2nd edition: 420-494.

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