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Family Holopediidae

    Genus Holopedium -- Wisconsin!

Taxon Information

The Family Holopediidae 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

  • Holopediidae, [Palearctic, Nearctic, Neptropical; 3 species in 1 genus worldwide, 2 Nearctic species] (Forró et al., 2008).
  • Holopedidae [sic], found in low-calcium waters [North America] (Smith, 2001).
  • Holopedidae [sic], (Brooks, 1959).

Bibliography

  • Forró, L. N.M. Korovchinsky, A.A. Kotov & A. Petrusek. 2008. Global diversity of cladocerans (Cladocera; Crustacea) in freshwater. Hydrobiologia 595: 177-184. [Available online]
  • Smith, D.G. 2001. Cladoceran Branchiopoda (Water fleas). Pennak's Freshwater Invertebrates of the United States, 4th edition: 453-488.
  • Brooks, J.L. 1959. Cladocera. [in] W.T. Edmondson (ed.). Ward & Whipple Fresh-Water Biology, 2nd edition: 587-656.

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