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  Genus Procotyla

Species P. fluviatilis

Taxon Information

The Species P. fluviatilis 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

• Procotyla fluviatilis, "NA" (Artois et al., 2013).
• Procotyla fluviatilis, ... in Lake Mendota (Dane County) [Wisconsin] ... in Canadian waters of Lake Superior... It likely occurs in the southern parts of this lake as well. (Watermolen, 2005).
• Procotyla fluviatilis, "Inhabits ponds, lakes, streams and springs in the eastern part of North America, from Maine to Louisiana and west to Ontario, Wisconsin, and Illinois" (Kenk, 1972).
• Procotyla fluviatilis, "New England, west to Wis. and Ill., also Canada, south to N.C. ..." (Hyman & Jones, 1959).

Bibliography

• Artois, T., E. Schockaert & S. Tyler. 2013. World Checklist of Freshwater Turbellaria. World Wide Web electronic publication. 59 pp. [Available online]
• Watermolen, D.J. 2005. Aquatic and terrestrial flatworm (Platyhelminthes, Turbellaria) and ribbon worm (Nemertea) records from Wisconsin. Research/Management Findings, Wisconsin DNR (55). 8 pp.
• Kenk, R. 1972. Freshwater planarians (Turbellaria) of North America. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Biota of Freshwater Ecosystems Identification Manual 1. 81 pp. [Available online]
• Hyman, L.H. & E.R. Jones. 1959. Turbellaria. [in] W.T. Edmondson (ed.). Ward & Whipple Fresh-Water Biology, 2nd edition: 323-365.

Web Pages

• Integrated Taxonomic Information System
• Study of Northern Virginia Ecology
• Turbellarian Taxonomic Database
• World Register of Marine Species