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  Genus Polycelis

Species P. coronata

Taxon Information

The Species P. coronata 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

• Polycelis coronata borealis, "NA" (Artois et al., 2013).
• Polycelis coronata brevipenis, "NA" (Artois et al., 2013).
• Polycelis coronata coronata, (Artois et al., 2013).
• Polycelis coronata monticola, "NA" (Artois et al., 2013).
• Polycelis coronata coronata, "Inhabits springs and cold creeks in southern Wyoming, Utah, Montana, New Mexico" (Kenk, 1972).
• Polycelis coronata brevipenis, "Reported from South Dakota and Colorado, but is probably more widely distributed" (Kenk, 1972).
• Polycelis coronata borealis, "In springs, cold streams, also in mountain lakes, Alaska, northern Wyoming, Idaho" (Kenk, 1972).
• Polycelis coronata, "... Black Hills of S. Dak., westward to the Pacific Coast" (Hyman & Jones, 1959).
• Polycelis borealis, "... Alaska" (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]
• 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
• Turbellarian Taxonomic Database