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Image from Indexes to Bryozoan Taxa.

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  Order Plumatellida

Family Plumatellidae

    Genus Plumatella -- midwestern North America.
    Genus Stolella -- North America.
    Genus Afridella
    Genus Australella
    Genus Gelatinella
    Genus Swarupella
    Genus Varunella

Taxon Information

The Family Plumatellidae 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

  • Plumatellidae, [North America] (Wood, 2010).
  • Plumatellidae, [Palearctic, Nearctic, Neotropical, Afrotropical, Oriental, Australasian, Pacific; 54 species in 9 genera worldwide, 20 Nearctic species in 4 genera] (Massard & Geimer, 2008).
  • Plumatellidae, (Smith, 2001).
  • Plumatellidae, (Rogick, 1959).

Bibliography

  • Wood, T.S. 2010. Bryozoans. [in] J.H. Thorp & A.P. Covich (eds.). Ecology and Classification of North American Freshwater Invertebrates, 3rd edition: 437-454.
  • Massard, J.A. & G. Geimer. 2008. Global diversity of bryozoans (Bryozoa or Ectoprocta) in freshwater. Hydrobiologia 595: 93-99. [Available online]
  • Smith, D.G. 2001. Ectoprocta (Moss animals). Pennak's Freshwater Invertebrates of the United States, 4th edition: 249-268.
  • Rogick, M.D. 1959. Bryozoa. [in] W.T. Edmondson (ed.). Ward & Whipple Fresh-Water Biology, 2nd edition: 495-507.

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