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  Genus Helobdella

Species H. stagnalis

Taxon Information

The Species H. stagnalis 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

• Helobdella stagnalis, [North America] (Govedich et al., 2010).
• Helobdella stagnalis, [North Central United States] (Underhill et al., 1982).
• Helobdella stagnalis, "reported from every continent except Australia. It is found abundantly throughout the northern half of the United States" [map: Wisconsin & elsewhere in North America] (Klemm, 1982).
• Helobdella stagnalis, [North America] (Moore, 1959).

Bibliography

• Govedich, F.R., B.A. Bain, W.E. Moser, S.R. Gelder, R.W. Davies & R.O. Brinkhurst. 2010. Annelida (Clitellata): Oligochaeta, Branchiobdellida, Hirudinida, and Acanthobdellida. [in] J.H. Thorp & A.P. Covich (eds.). Ecology and Classification of North American Freshwater Invertebrates, 3rd edition: 385-436.
• Underhill, J.C., W.D. Schmid & D.E. Gilbertson. 1982. Taxonomic Keys to the Common Animals of the North Central States, exclusive of the parasitic worms, terrestrial insects, and birds, 4th edition. 205 pp.
• Klemm, D.J. 1982. Leeches (Annelida: Hirudinea) of North America. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. 177 pp. [Available online]
• Moore, J.P. 1959. Hirudinea. [in] W.T. Edmondson (ed.). Ward & Whipple Fresh-Water Biology, 2nd edition: 542-557.

Web Pages

• Fauna Europaea
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System