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  Genus Rectocephala

Species R. exotica

Taxon Information

The Species R. exotica 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

• Rectocephala exotica, "Only one specimen has been studied, collected in the Shaw Lily Ponds (now Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens), Washington, District of Columbia, apparently introduced with exotic water plants" (Kenk, 1972).
• Rectocephala exotica, "Known only from lily pond, Washington, D.C., possible imported" (Hyman & Jones, 1959).

Bibliography

• 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