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  Subfamily Gymnonereidinae

Genus Laeonereis

    Species L. culveri -- North America.
    Species L. ankyloseta
    Species L. brunnea
    Species L. foli
    Species L. glauca
    Species L. inermis
    Species L. pandoensis

Taxon Information

The Genus Laeonereis 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

• Laeonereis, 1 species entering freshwater along the east coast [North America] (Smith, 2001).
• Laeonereis, (Foster, 1972).
• Laeonereis, (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