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  Order Apochela

Family Milnesiidae

    Genus Milnesium -- midwestern North America.
    Genus Bergtrollus
    Genus Limmenius
    Genus Milnesioides

Taxon Information

The Family Milnesiidae 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

• Milnesiidae, [Palearctic, Nearctic, Afrotropical, Neotropical, Oriental, Australasian, Pacific, Antarctic; 18 species in 3 genera worldwide, 2 Nearctic species in 1 genus] (Garey et al., 2008).
• Milnesiidae, (Smith, 2001).

Bibliography

• Garey, J.R., S.J. McInnes & P.B. Nichols. 2008. Global diversity of tardigrades (Tardigrada) in freshwater. Hydrobiologia 595: 101-106. [Available online]
• Smith, D.G. 2001. Tardigrada (Water bears). Pennak's Freshwater Invertebrates of the United States, 4th edition: 227-243.

Web Pages

• Animal Diversity Web
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System
• Synopsis of the Described Tardigrada of the World
• WikiSpecies
• Wikipedia
• World Register of Marine Species