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  Family Serpulidae

Genus Ficopomatus (+ Mercierella)

    Species F. enigmaticus -- North America.
    Species F. macrodon
    Species F. miamiensis

Taxon Information

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

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

Literature Records

• Ficopomatus, in brackish freshwater along western and southeastern coasts; 2 species [North America] (Smith, 2001).
• Mercierella, (Foster, 1972).
• Mercierella, (Hartman, 1959).

Bibliography

• Smith, D.G. 2001. Annelida (Polychaetes, Aeolosomatidae, aquatic oligochaetes, Branchiobdellida, leeches). Pennak's Freshwater Invertebrates of the United States, 4th edition: 269-325.
• Foster, N. 1972. Freshwater polychaetes (Annelida) of North America. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Biota of Freshwater Ecosystems Identification Manual 4. 15 pp. [Available online]
• Hartman, O. 1959. Polychaeta. [in] W.T. Edmondson (ed.). Ward & Whipple Fresh-Water Biology, 2nd edition: 538-541.

Web Pages

• Integrated Taxonomic Information System
• World Register of Marine Species