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  Family Phyllognathopodidae

Genus Phyllognathopus

    Species P. viguieri -- Wisconsin!
    Species P. camptoides
    Species P. chappuisi
    Species P. coecus
    Species P. fodinatus
    Species P. inexspectatus
    Species P. insularis
    Species P. paludosus
    Species P. paracamptoides
    Species P. volcanicus

Taxon Information

The Genus Phyllognathopus 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

• Phyllognathopus, "One species... recorded in North America" (Reid & Williamson, 2010).
• Phyllognathopus, a small genus with one cosmopolitan species found in many kinds of habitats [North America]...one small cosmopolitan species in many habitats [North America] (Smith, 2001).
• Phyllognathopus, "Fresh water" (Wilson & Yeatman, 1959).

Bibliography

• Reid, J.W. & C.E. Williamson. 2010. Copepoda. [in] J.H. Thorp & A.P. Covich (eds.). Ecology and Classification of North American Freshwater Invertebrates, 3rd edition: 829-899.
• Smith, D.G. 2001. Copepoda. Pennak's Freshwater Invertebrates of the United States, 4th edition: 489-517.
• Wilson, M.S. & H.C. Yeatman. 1959. Free-Living Copepoda. [in] W.T. Edmondson (ed.). Ward & Whipple Fresh-Water Biology, 2nd edition: 735-861.

Web Pages

• World of Copepods