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  Family Prorhynchidae

Genus Geocentrophora

    Species G. applanata -- midwestern North America.
    Species G. baltica -- North America.
    Species G. cavernicola -- North America.
    Species G. marcusi -- North America.
    Species G. sphyrocephala -- North America.
    Species G. boui
    Species G. gigas
    Species G. incognita
    Species G. intersticialis
    Species G. levanidorum
    Species G. metameroides
    Species G. olgae
    Species G. papii
    Species G. porfirievae
    Species G. tropica
    Species G. wagini
    Species G. wasiliewi

Taxon Information

The Genus Geocentrophora has been reported (or is assumed) to occur in fresh waters. This taxon has been reported from midwestern states of North America.

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

Literature Records

• Geocentrophora, (Artois et al., 2013).
• Geocentrophora, [North America] (Kolasa & Tyler, 2010).
• Geocentrophora, 1 common and several rare species [North America] (Smith, 2001).
• Geocentrophora, (Hyman & Jones, 1959).

Bibliography

• Artois, T., E. Schockaert & S. Tyler. 2013. World Checklist of Freshwater Turbellaria. World Wide Web electronic publication. 59 pp. [Available online]
• Kolasa, J. & S. Tyler. 2010. Flatworms: Turbellarians and Nemerteans. [in] J.H. Thorp & A.P. Covich (eds.). Ecology and Classification of North American Freshwater Invertebrates, 3rd edition: 143-161.
• Smith, D.G. 2001. Platyhelminthes (free-living flatworms). Pennak's Freshwater Invertebrates of the United States, 4th edition: 77-108.
• Hyman, L.H. & E.R. Jones. 1959. Turbellaria. [in] W.T. Edmondson (ed.). Ward & Whipple Fresh-Water Biology, 2nd edition: 323-365.

Web Pages

• Turbellarian Taxonomic Database
• World Register of Marine Species