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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.
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